Eko Hot Blog reports that Chima Centus Nweze, a justice of the Supreme Court, has died.
He reportedly died on Sunday evening at the age of 64.
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According to The Cable, late Justice Nweze was said to have been ill but was discharged from the hospital some days ago.
Nweze was the fifth most senior justice of the Supreme Court.
He was best known for dissenting from the majority decision of the Supreme Court that declared Hope Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of Imo state in January 2020.
In his dissenting judgement, Nweze asked the court to set aside the January 14 ruling that removed Emeka Ihedioha from office, describing it as a nullity and in bad faith.
He also nullified the declaration of Uzodinma as governor on account of “wrong declaration” and held that Uzodinma misled the court into an unjust conclusion with the unverified votes in 388 polling units.
“This decision of the supreme court will continue to haunt our electoral jurisprudence for a long time to come,” the late jurist declared.
With his death, the number of apex court justices has further reduced to 12.
The late justice, who was born on September 25, 1958, bagged all his degrees – from bachelors to Ph.D – from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
Nweze attended St John Cross Seminary, Nsukka between 1972 and 1977.
He was called to the bar in 1984 and completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Bauchi in 1985.
The deceased became a judge of Enugu State High Court in 1995.
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On February 15, 2008, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal and served until October 2014, when he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Nigeria on October 29, 2014.
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