Appeal court judge slumps, dies inside chambers while preparing for a case
A Justice of Court of Appeal, Justice Ayobode Lokulo-Sodipe has slumped and died inside his chamber in Akure, while dressing up to attend to a matter on Monday, and could not be resuscitated when the sad incident occurred.
Penpushing reports that as at the time of filing this report, cause of his death was yet to be established, while a source disclosed that, the unfortunate incident caused pandemonium among his colleagues and within the legal profession
The deceased until his death was a Justice of the Court of Appeal, and was sworn in on the 15th of February 2008 and served in Abuja, Enugu and Benin Divisions till April 2014 when he was posted to his present duty post.
Penpushing reports that among numerous positions held, include a member of the Gubernatorial/ State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal for Anambra and Cross River States respectively in 1999 and a member of the National Assembly, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Petitions Tribunal for Benue State in 2003.
The late legal luminary was the Chairman of the Law Reporting Committee of Ogun State Judiciary from December, 2001 to January, 2008, and said to survived by a wife, Mrs. Afolake Ibironke Lokulo-Sodipe and the union is blessed with children.
Penpushing further reports that a lawyer, Barrister Kunle Adeyemi when contacted confirmed the sad incident, adding that the demise of Lokulo-Sodipe was a big loss to the judiciary, adding that it was unfortunate that he could not be resuscitated
‘’So sad. A very big loss to Nigerian judiciary. We just lost one of our Justices of the court of appeal. We learnt my Lord slumped while dressing up in his chambers for today’s matter, it was so unfortunate that His Lordship couldn’t be resuscitated’. Wrote his judgements masterfully and was very hardworking. May God Almighty grant his gentle soul eternal rest. Amen’, Adeyemi wrote
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