Just In: Kogi State Chief Judge Dies At COVID-19 Isolation Centre
By Tunde Olorungbotemi
The Kogi Chief Judge of Kogi State, Mr. Nasir Ajanah, has died at the COVID-19 Isolation Centre, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
A member of the family confirmed the death to TheCable on Sunday morning.
His death becomes the second high profile death in less than two weeks after an aide to Yahaya Bello, the state governor, also died in an Abuja hospital.
Ajanah was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene local government area.
He studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and was called to the Nigerian bar as a barrister and solicitor of the supreme court.
Ajanah later set up his private firm, Nasiru Ajanah & Co in Okene, where he practised law between 1985 and 1989.
He served in various capacities such as chairman, Kabba disturbance tribunal, Kogi, (1994); chairman, election petitions tribunal in Adamawa state (1998); member of governing council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (1999 and 2006) and chairman, panel on Murtala Mohammed international airport fire incident (2000).
The Kogi Chief Judge of Kogi State, Mr. Nasir Ajanah, has died at the COVID-19 Isolation Centre, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
A member of the family confirmed the death to TheCable on Sunday morning.
His death becomes the second high profile death in less than two weeks after an aide to Yahaya Bello, the state governor, also died in an Abuja hospital.
Ajanah was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene local government area.
He studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and was called to the Nigerian bar as a barrister and solicitor of the supreme court.
Ajanah later set up his private firm, Nasiru Ajanah & Co in Okene, where he practised law between 1985 and 1989.
He served in various capacities such as chairman, Kabba disturbance tribunal, Kogi, (1994); chairman, election petitions tribunal in Adamawa state (1998); member of governing council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (1999 and 2006) and chairman, panel on Murtala Mohammed international airport fire incident (2000).
May his soul rest in peace
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