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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, and the rest of the 18 judges of the Supreme Court have paid a condolence visit to the family of their departed colleague, Sylvester Ngwuta.
PREMIUM TIMES had
reported that Mr Ngwuta died after a brief illness on March 7.
He died at 69 just about 23 days to his 70th birthday on March 30 when he was due to retire from the bench.
A statement by the CJN’s media aide, Ahuraka Isah, on Sunday, said Mr Muhammad and his entourage paid a condolence visit to Mr Ngwuta’s family “over the weekend.”
PREMIUM TIMES understood that the CJN accompanied by the 18 judges of the apex court, the Chief Registrar of the court, Hadizatu Mustapha, and other members of staff and management of the court visited the family at Mr Ngwuta’s official residence in Abuja
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A cross section of senior lawyers in the country have paid glowing tribute to the late Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Slyvester Nwguta, who died in the early hours of Sunday.
A statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Mustapha announcing the death of Justice Ngwuta, said he died in the early hours of Sunday in his sleep at his official Abuja residence.
The statement said “He felt sick and was admitted in the last one week in the National Hospital, Abuja, but before he was moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital on Friday, March 5 he tested negative to COVID-19 investigative test conducted on him.’
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has announced the death of Justice Nwali Ngwuta.
The Apex Court said he died by 2.30am on Sunday, March 7, 2021.
A statement by the Chief Registrar Supreme Court of Nigeria, Hadizatu Mustapha, said he was due to retire from the Supreme Court bench on attaining mandatory retirement age of 70 years on March 30, 2021.
The statement reads partly, “He felt sick and was admitted in the last one week at the National Hospital, Abuja, but before he was moved to the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital on Friday, March 5, he tested negative to COVID-19.
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