A chief magistrate in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice Abimbola Aoko-Komolafe has passed on aged 51.
Mrs Aoko-Komolafe is believed to have died early Monday. News of her death got to the news media on Wednesday.
It was gathered that Aoko-Komolafe last visited her office on August 13 looking healthy.
A source at the state justice ministry told The Nation: “We heard the news on Monday. We understand that someone spoke with her on phone probably Sunday night. We don’t really know. But it’s a big surprise.”
The deceased used to sit at Court 2, Ebute-Meta Gardens but was recently posted to Court 2, Tinubu Magistrates Court, Lagos.
A delegation of the Association of Magistrates in Lagos State is said to have paid the bereaved family a condolence visit.