Nigeria’s Supreme Court jurist, Justice Chukwudumebi Oseji is dead.
According to a post by factional Chairman of the Mid-West Bar Forum, Chief Chike Onyemenam (SAN), the news was broken to lawyers who were at the Supreme Court today for their cases.
It reads: “Good morning my beloved Members of the Mid-West Bar Forum. My heart is completely broken as the Supreme Court Justices called a few of us into Chambers now to inform us of the passing on of our dearly beloved Hon. Justice S.C. Oseji, J.S.C. Please pray for his peaceful repose and for his wife and family.”
It was gathered that the jurist “died on Monday night after a brief illness.”
Justice Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji who was among the eight Justices of the Supreme Court that were sworn-in on 6th November 2020, died at the National Hospital, Abuja, where he had been receiving medical attention for some days now.
The Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande confirmed this yesterday, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
Also, the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Sarki Bello confirmed the demise, saying “We lost a justice of the Supreme Court.” Asked whether the jurist is Justice Oseji, she said: “Yes. He’s gone.”
The late Justice Oseji hails from Idumuje-Unor community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
He attended Nigerian People’s High School, Lagos between 1977 and 1979, and later proceeded to St. Patrick’s College, Asaba, Delta State where he completed his Secondary School education in 1980.
He was admitted into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1980 and had his LLB Degree in 1984, and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985
Justice Oseji had a brief working stint with the Legal Aid Council before his appointment as Senior Magistrate Grade 1 in the Delta State Judiciary in January 1994.
He was appointed High Court Judge in Delta state on 9th November, 1998; and was later elevated to the Court of Appeal Bench on 16th July, 2010, and became Supreme Court Justice on Friday 6th November, 2020.
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