A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, has died at a London Hospital.
Aged 75, he died on Monday from a kidney related disease.
A family member of the deceased, Hajiya Halima Sulaiman, confirmed the death in Kano on Tuesday.
She said that Justice Musdapher died had been on admission in the hospital for the past five months.
The deceased, according to her, left behind a wife and three children among whom are Hadiza Dahiru Mustapha, a magistrate, and Kaloma Mustapha, a media aide to Jigawa Governor, Badaru Abubakar.
His remains were yet to arrive Nigeria and it was not certain as to where he would be buried.
Islam, the deceased’s religion. requires that he be buried shortly after death.
The Jigawa born Musdapher was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on August 27, 2011 and sworn-in by former President Goodluck Jonathan two days later.
He served as Chief Judge of Kano State between 1979 and 1985.
Musdapher, a native of Babura town, served as a member of the Court of Appeal between 1985 and 2003, and later joined the Supreme Court.
