The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has described the late Justice Centus Nweze as a man of impeccable character, a legal icon, and an indomitable lion in the temple of justice.
Justice Ariwoola spoke about his deceased colleague in Abuja during a valedictory court session held in his honour at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court.
While eulogising the life and works of the late Justice Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court who died on July 30, 2023, the CJN said the judiciary was consoled by the indelible footprints of the deceased engraved on the sands of time.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, represented by the Solicitor-General of the Federation, Beatrice Jeddy-Agba, said the late Justice devoted his time to the just application of relevant laws.
Justice Nweze was the only judge who stood his ground against a majority decision of the apex court which had declared Hope Uzodinma the winner of the Imo state governorship election in 2019.
He was also the judge who delivered a judgment of the apex court affirming former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Yobe North.
The late Justice Nweze who was sworn in as Justice of the Supreme Court on October 29, 2014, was born in Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on September 25, 1958.
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