By Ayodele Oni
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mohammed Uwais (retd), is dead.
His Death comes 24 hours after that of Professor Jubril Aminu, an accomplished academic, first class cardiologist, diplomat and former Minister for Education and later, Petroleum.
A source close to the family revealed that the erudite jurist, who served as CJN from 1995 to 2006, died in Abuja in the early hours of Friday.
Born on June 12, 1936, the late Justice Uwais served as Judge of the High Court, and later Justice of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court before his appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), a position he held for 11 years.
Justice Uwais also chaired the Electoral Reform Commission constituted by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua and in 2008, submitted critical recommendations for reforms in Nigeria’s electoral system.
At the time of this report, arrangements were being made for funeral prayers at the National Mosque and subsequent burial in accordance with Muslim rites.
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