Days To Presidential Tribunal Judgement, Nigerian Judiciary Suffers Heavy Blow As Key Justice as Justice Chima Centus (CC) Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria passes on.
Justice Nwaeze died on Sunday at the age of 64.
However, the Supreme Court is yet to confirm his death at the time of filing this report.
Justice Nwaeze had, in a dissenting judgment in 2020, declared Emeka Ihedioha of the People Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the 2019 Governorship election in Imo State.
He was also the Justice among the panel who refused Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar’s request to inspect the Independent National Electoral Commission’s server while challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2019.
He was also involved in a split judgement of three-against-two that declared then Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
In 2014, Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration approved the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint Nweze to the supreme court.
Justice Nweze, a native of Obollo in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was born on September 25, 1958.