Supreme court Judge, Samuel Oseji Is Dead

One of the Supreme court Judges in Nigeria, Justice Chukwudumebi Samuel Oseji, has died at the age of 67.

Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, said Mr. Oseji died on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja fter a brief illness.

Justice Oseji was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice, Delta State before being promoted to Court of Appeal in 2010.

The late judge has served in Enugu, Benin, and Lagos before being elevated to the nation’s apex court.

His death brings the total number of Supreme Court Justices in Nigeria to 17.

The deceased was born on June 2, 1954, in Aniocha North LGA of Delta State. He attended Saint Patrick’s College, Asaba, Delta State.

He graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1984 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985.

Read Supreme Court’s full statement.

SUPREME COURT LOSES JUSTICE

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has lost one of its Justices to the cold hands of death in the wee hours of Tuesday 28th September 2021 after a protracted illness.

Hon. Justice Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji who was among the eight Justices of the Supreme Court that were sworn-in on Friday 6th November 2020, died at the National Hospital, Abuja, where he had been receiving medical attention for some days now.

Justice Oseji who hails from Idumuje Unor in Aniocha North Local Government of Delta State was born in Jos, Plateau State on 2nd June 1954 to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Oseji.

He attended Nigerian People’s High School, Lagos between 1977 and 1979, and later proceeded to St. Patrick’s College, Asaba, Delta State where he completed his Secondary School education in 1980. He was admitted into the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1980 and had his LLB Degree in 1984; and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985

Justice Oseji had a brief working stint with the Legal Aid Council before his appointment as Senior Magistrate Grade 1 in the Delta State Judiciary in January 1994. He was appointed High Court Judge in Delta state on 9th November 1998; and was later elevated to the Court of Appeal Bench on 16th July, 2010. He became Supreme Court Justice on Friday 6th November 2020.