The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed the death of Justice Centus Nweze better known as Justice CC Nweze.
The court’s spokesman Festus Akande in a statement noted that Nweze died on Sunday after a brief illness at the age of 64.
Nweze’s death means the south east has no judge from the region at the apex court.
Justice Nweze, a native of Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was born on September 25, 1958.
He was married to Justice Ugonne Nweze of the Enugu State Judiciary.
He has five children and a grandchild.
After practising privately from 1985 to 1995, he was elevated to the High Court Bench of Enugu State in November 1995.
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While on the High Court Bench, he served as chairman, Second Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Enugu State, 1996 to 1998; chairman, Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Nsukka, 1998 to 1999; member, Ondo Local Government Election Petition Tribunal, 1999; chairman, Ogun State Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Petition Tribunal, 1999; administrative judge, Nsukka Judicial Division, Enugu State, 2001.
He was appointed a justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria on February 15, 2008; and served until October 2014 when he was elevated to Nigeria’s apex court as a justice of the Supreme Court on October 29, 2014.
