Mohammed Uwais, a former Chief Justice of Nigeria has died at the age of 88.
According to an announcement made by Dr Kayode Ajulo, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, the former CJN died in the early hours of Friday.
Justice Uwais who served as the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1996 till 2006 when he retired from service also chaired the Presidential Electoral Reform Committee inaugurated by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced. Tributes from legal, political, and civic leaders are expected to pour in over the coming days.