Justice Niki Tobi Passes On

                                          Late Justice Niki Tobi 

Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi died in the morning of Friday. Justice Tobi died at the National Hospital, Abuja. He died after a brief illness and his remains have been deposited at the morgue of the Garki General Hospital.

Justice Tobi was born on July 14, 1940, in Esanwa in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. He was an academic before he joined the bench. He was the Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Borno State and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Services) of same university.

He retired on July 14, 2010 as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.