Ag. Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development<\/p>\n
Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has described the late Supreme
\nCourt Justice Niki Tobi, CON, as the conscience of Nigeria\u2019s judiciary
\nwhose contributions to Nigeria’s jurisprudence is authoritative.
\nSemenitari has therefore said that his demise is a national loss and a
\ntragic story for Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n
Semenitari, who reacted to the death of Justice Tobi on Monday, said that
\nas a member of the Bench, the late Justice Tobi remained incorruptible, a
\nno-nonsense interpreter of the Law and exemplary. \u201cAs a member of the
\nBench, Justice Tobi delivered quality rulings that tallied with justice
\nand could not be faulted. He was one of the finest breeds the Nigerian
\nBench produced in recent times, capping his glorious years with
\nwell-researched judgments which classified him as the conscience of the
\nGolden Era of Nigeria\u2019s judiciary. His pronouncements on legal matters
\nbrought before him stand out and occupy copious space in Nigeria’s Law
\nBooks legal system. Legal luminaries and senior Nigerian lawyers find
\nTobi\u2019s judgments as authoritative as the nation’s basic laws. Truly, the
\nNigerian judiciary has lost a rare breed-jurist whose impeccable records
\nstand as a referral to others in the Temple of Justice”.<\/p>\n
Semenitari expressed sadness that Tobi\u2019s death came on the heels of the
\nrecent double tragedy that befell the Niger Delta region in the loss of
\ntwo former Super Eagles Coaches, Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shuaibu,
\nlamenting that the latest incident has added to the blanket of grief in
\nthe region. However, she prayed God to stem the tide.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Niger Delta region has been in back-to-back mourning. While the
\nregion mourned in the last three weeks and prayed never-again, little did
\nwe know that death would come for one of our best this time in the
\njudicial sphere. This season of harvest of death in the region has
\ndepleted our First Eleven, Justice Tobi being a prominent player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Semenitari condoled with the Tobi family, members of the Nigerian Bench,
\nthe people and Government of Delta State. She noted that though Justice
\nTobi would be missed, his good memory and his works in expanding judicial
\nscholarship and the legal literature in Nigeria would remain evergreen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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