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Former Supreme Court Judge, Niki Tobi Dies At 75

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Retired justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi is dead.

According to a family source, Justice Tobi died by 5.30 pm on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. His corpse was later moved to the morgue of Garki General Hospital, according to Vanguard.

It was also learnt that the late jurist, regarded in the nation’s legal circle as a highly brilliant judicial officer, had been ill for some time.

Justice Niki Tobi
Justice Niki Tobi

The late Justice Tobi retired on July 14, 2010 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Tobi was an academic before his career on the bench. As an academic, he was variously the Dean, of Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Borno State and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Services) of the same institution.

Justice Niki Tobi was born July 14, 1940, in Esanma in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State.

Chief Justice Mourns Justice Niki Tobi

The chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, ‎has condoled with the family of the late retired justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi.

In a statement issued in Abuja, on Monday by a media aide to the chief justice of Nigeria, Mr. Ahurakah Isah, the chief justice said he received ‎the news of Tobi’s death with a deep sense of shock but gratitude to the Almighty God.

“The CJN, on behalf of himself, the Justices, staff of the Supreme Court and indeed the entire judiciary of the country commiserated with the immediate family, relations as well as friends and associates of the respected late jurist, who joined the Supreme Court Bench in 2002 and retired on 13 April 2010,” the statement said.

The chief justice said that Niki Tobi’s indelibly contributed to the development of jurisprudence in Nigeria and would be greatly remembered for his assiduousness in reviewing the draft 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria under the military administration of General Abdulsalam Abubakar.

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