President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned Nigeria’s ambassador to the U.S., Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor.
Until his death, Nsofor, aged 85, was Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States.
Buhari appointed Nsofor in 2017, at the time, the jurist was 82 year-old, making him one of the oldest public servants.
Buhari on Friday, December 11, commiserated with the Nsofor’s family, friends and associates.
Buhari, in a telephone call to Jane Nsofor, the widow of the retired justice in New York, said Nsofor was “an outstanding judge of rare courage and truth who is not afraid to give justice to whom justice is due.”
The president recalled that after the 2003 presidential election, Justice Nsofor delivered a minority judgment as a member of the Election Appeal Panel in favour of Buhari as candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Buhari said the country will miss people with such exemplary pedigree.
Buhari said he has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with Justice Nsofor’s family on the burial arrangements.