Tears as a former Supreme Court judge, Justice Niki Tobi, is dead.

It was reported that Justice Tobi passed on last Friday at the National

Hospital, Abuja, from an unknown illness.

The Late Justice was learnt to be regarded in the Nigerian legal circle as a highly brilliant judicial officer and had been ill for a while

Information from the nation’s Supreme Court said that the court got the sad news today (Monday) the jurist’s demise, and the corpse has been moved to the Garki hospital, Abuja.

His death came almost one month to his 76th birthday.

The deceased who was born in Esanma, Bomadi LGA of Delta State, retired on July 14, 2010 as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.