Justice Justice Evoh Stephen Chukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court is dead.
In a statement by the court’s Chief Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Gako, the court confirmed that Justice Chukwu died after a brief illness.
The court declared Thursday as a work free day in honour of the departed judge.
The statement directed all court registrars to adjourn cases that were initially slated for hearing on Thursday to ensure total compliance.
Until Justice Chukwu’s death, he was presiding over the infamous Senate forgery suit that is seeking to nullify the current composition of the 8th Senate leadership.
It would be recalled that the case was recently reassigned to the deceased judge by the Chief Judge of the court, Justice Ibrahim Auta after Justice Adeniyi Ademola declined to give judgement in the matter following an allegation of bias raised by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
