The immediate past Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Hon. Justice Kate Abiri is dead.
This is coming days after the death of Supreme Court’s Hon. Justice Chima Centus Nweze and Hon. Peter Hoommuk Mallong of the Federal High Court.
Justice who Abiri reportedly died today (Thursday) after a brief illness was Bayelsa’s longest-serving Chief Judge.
In what many have described as weird, Justice Abiri the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze who passed on Sunday belongs to the same Nigerian Law School Class.
Abiri’s obituary announcement sighted by Law & Society Magazine reads:
“It is with deep sadness that I announce to us the passing of Justice Kate Abiri, retired CJ of Bayelsa state. She was the immediate past CJ of Bayelsa state.
“This sad news has occurred too soon after losing CC Nweze, JSC.
“May the soul of Justice Kate Abiri rest in peace and may the Lord comfort her entire family during this difficult and sad times.
“May the Lord stay the hands of death in our midst in Jesus name.”
In 2016, Justice Abiri’s son, Wariebi Abiri, a graduate of law and a student of the Nigerian Law School, Abuja, reportedly died in a swimming pool in Abuja.
Within this period, the Federal High Court also announced the death of Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong.
Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Mr. Hassan Sulaiman, said in a statement: “It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the death of our own, Hon. Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, a judge of the Federal High Court, who passed away on 30th July 2023 unexpectedly after a brief illness in Abuja.
“We will miss him more than words can express. Funeral arrangements will be communicated to the public in due time.”
