By Alex Enumah
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, is dead. He died few days to his retirement from the bench of the apex court.
According to a statement from the apex court, the late Justice died around 2.30 am on Sunday.
The statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mrs Hadiza Mustapha, disclosed that late Ngwuta died after a brief illness.
Mrs Mustapha however noted that the late Justice’s sickness was not connected to the coronavirus.
“The Supreme Court of Nigeria regret to announce the death of the Hon. Mr. Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, JSC, CFR, by 2.30 am of Sunday March 7, 2021.