Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi is dead.
Justice Kutigi died at 78, two months short of his 79th birthday.
Late Kutigi was born in December, 1939, and died on Sunday in London after a brief illness.
Kutigi was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from Jan. 30, 2007 until Dec. 30 2009.
He was the chairman of the 2014 National Conference under the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.