BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta Is Dead

Posted by Tolulope Ogugua Breaking News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Sunday, March 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta is dead.

According to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha, Justice Ngwuta died around 2.30am on Sunday at the Intensive care unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, after being ill for over a week.

“He felt sick and was admitted, in the last one week, in the National Hospital, Abuja.

“But, before he was moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital on Friday, March 5 he tested negative to COVID-19 investigative test conducted on him.

“Hon. Justice Ngwuta was due to retire from the Supreme Court bench on attaining mandatory retirement age of 70 years on March 30, 2021.