Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has described the passage of renown jurist, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, as a great loss to the Nigerian federation.
The late Chukwudifu Oputa
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal said the deceased distinguished himself in both his public and private lives.
According to him, Justice Oputa can be described as the Lord Denning of Nigerian judiciary. “He was an articulate jurist and the master of the rules. If you call him the Father of criminal justice law in Nigeria you won’t be wrong.
“For me, whenever matters of procedural and substantive law are mentioned, his name will come tops. He was never a concurist but a resolute and independent-minded justice who elevated the defence of democracy, human rights and rule of law to an art. We will all miss him,” the Speaker added.
Tambuwal prayed to Almighty God to give the his family, associates and all Nigerians the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
