Justice Chima Centus (CC) Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has passed on at the age of 64.
It was learnt that Justice Nweze had been battling an ailment for the past few years, before he gave up on Sunday.
The Supreme Court is yet to confirm his death as of the time of filing this report.
The former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014, approved the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint Nweze to the supreme court. Thereafter, he went through a screening at the Senate and was confirmed as a judge of the apex court.
Nweze had served as a judge of the court of appeal, and earlier served as judge of the high court of Enugu.
Nweze was the legal adviser to Okwesilieze Nwodo, a former governor of Enugu state. The jurist, who was born on September 25, 1958, bagged all his degrees – from bachelors to Ph.D – from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
He attended St John Cross Seminary, Nsukka between 1972 and 1977. Nweze was called to the bar in 1984 and completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Bauchi in 1985.
Nweze has also served as chairman, Ogun state governorship and legislative houses election petition tribunal in 1999; chairman, robbery and firearms tribunal, Nsukka, 1998 and 1999; and member, Ondo state local government election petition tribunal in 1999.