BREAKING: Mourning As Former Chief Judge of Bayelsa Dies at 65

• The Bayelsa state judiciary has been thrown into mourning following the death of retired Justice Kate Abiri
• Justice Abiri, who is the longest-serving chief judge of Bayelsa, died at the age of 65, after a brief illness
• The chief registrar at the state Judiciary, Mr Amaebi Orukari, confirmed the sad development in a statement issued on Thursday, August, 2nd

Yenagoa, Bayelsa state- Honourable Justice Kate Abiri, CJ (Rtd) of Bayelsa state, has been reported dead.

Justice Abiri died on Thursday, August 3rd, after a brief illness, at the age of 65.

Bayelsa State Judiciary confirmed Justice Abiri's death

Mr Amaebi Orukari, the chief registrar at the Bayelsa State Judiciary Headquarters, announced her death in a statement issued on Thursday, August 3rd, in Yenagoa, Daily Trust reported.

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According to Mr Orukari, Justice Abiri gave up the ghost at the Glory Land Hospital, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Thursday.

In the statement, Orukari noted that Abiri, Bayelsa's longest-serving chief judge, will be greatly missed.

He said,

“With a deep sense of loss, the Honourable Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Hon. Justice Matilda Abrakasa Ayemieye, on behalf of the management and Staff of the Bayelsa State Judiciary announces the demise of Hon. Justice Kate Abiri, CON, whose sad event occurred on the 3rd of August, 2023.

“The Hon. Justice Kate Abiri passed on after a brief illness at the Glory Land Hospital, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Until her death, she was the immediate past Chief Judge of Bayelsa State. The Bayelsa State Judiciary will miss her pioneering effort in information technology, infrastructural development, and contribution to the legal community and the Bayelsa State in general.”

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According to the statement, the burial arrangements will be announced in due course after consultation with the family.

Tears, lamentation as Supreme Court Judge reportedly dies at 64

Similarly, Justice Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has been reported dead.

Although his family is yet to make public the news of his demise at press time, a source disclosed he died on Sunday, July 30, at the age of 64.

Justice Nweze, a native of Obollo, Udenu local government area of Enugu state, was born on September 25, 1958.

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In another development, Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, a Federal High Court judge, passed on

Justice Mallong died in Abuja on Sunday, July 30, after a brief illness.

Hassan Amida Sulaiman, the chief registrar of the FHC, announced the sudden death of the judge in a statement he made available to The Nation on the morning of Monday, July 31.

Source: Legit.ng