SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SYLVESTER NWALI NGWUTA IS DEAD.
Written by miebaka ikiriko on March 8, 2021
Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta is dead.
The Senior Judge who had an encounter with the current administration in 2017, reportedly died in his sleep on Sunday March 7, 2021.
Ngwuta was preparing for his retirement upon turning seventy years on March 30th, 2021, from the bench of the apex court in the country.
According to statement from the apex court signed by the Chief Registrar, Mrs Hadiza Mustapha, disclosed that late Justice 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 regrets to announce the death of Justice Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, whose retirement was due at the end of this month.