A judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, is dead.
He died on Tuesday in Abuja at the age of 67.
Family sources said the judge died after protected illness.
The deceased hails from Idumuje-Unor community in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State.
He attended Saint Patrick’s College, Asaba, Delta State.
He graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1984, and called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985.
He started as a magistrate and rose through the ranks to become Chief Magistrate Grade I.
He was appointed Deputy Chief Registrar in 1996, and Chief Registrar of the Delta State High Court in 1997.
In 1998, he was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice, Delta State.
He moved to the Court of Appeal in 2010, where he served in Enugu, Lagos and Benin divisions.
He was elevated to the Supreme Court in November 2020.
