Congratulating her, Head of Pump Court Chambers in the UK, Oba Nsugbe (KC), said, “For as long as I have known her, Mrs Justice Obi has always been naturally low-key and entirely grounded; never once forgetting her Nigerian roots.”

Before her elevation, Obi served as a Deputy High Court Judge, a Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge and Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

She was also appointed acting judge of the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory in 2023.