CJN, AGF, NBA president eulogise late Supreme Court Justice, Umaru Onu CJN, AGF, NBA president eulogise late Supreme Court Justice, Umaru Onu
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, and other legal luminaries, on Tuesday, eulogised the late justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Umaru Onu.
Justice Muhammad and other dignitaries spoke at the valedictory court session, in Abuja, held in honour of Justice Onu who died on November 20, 2020, at the age of 82 years.
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The unavailability of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria yesterday may have confirmed the anxiety in some quarters about his health.
The 66-year-old CJN has not been seen in public for weeks.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the Supreme Court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court.
The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the Supreme Court on November 6 but since then, there are conflicting details on when he was last seen in public.
Anxiety over CJN’s health as he misses SANs’ inauguration
Where is Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the chief justice of
Nigeria (CJN)?
Amidst rumours that he had been ill, he was on Monday absent
at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 senior advocates of Nigeria.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was
held at the supreme court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021
legal year of the apex court.
The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly
known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the supreme court
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Amidst rumours that he had been ill, he was on Monday absent at the swearing-in ceremony of
The 66-year-old chief justice has not been seen in public for weeks.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the supreme court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court.
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The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the supreme court on November 6but since then, there are conflicting details on when he was last seen in public.