A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais is dead. He would have been 89 on June 12 this year.
A statement by his family said he died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja.
He served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1995 to 2006.
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Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihir Rajiun. It is with heavy heart, full of gratitude to Allah Subahanahu Wata’ala, the we announce the passing away of our father, Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of the Federation.
Funeral arrangements are to be done immediately after Juma’at Mosque today at the National Mosque Abuja.
