Supreme Court judge Oseji is dead

Justice Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji of the Supreme Court has died nearly a year after he was sworn in.

The court's spokesperson, Dr Akande Festus, said the 67-year-old died early on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

He died at the National Hospital, Abuja, where he had been battling a protracted illness.

Oseji was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985 and sworn in to the Supreme Court last November, after 10 years at the Court of Appeal.