The judiciary in Edo and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Edo chapter were on Tuesday thrown into mourning following the death of a serving judge, Justice Morrison Ighodalo, who reportedly died after a brief illness.
The death of the judge stalled all cases in the courts across the state, as other judges, magistrates and presidents adjourned all cases in honour of their departed colleague.
Mr Ogaga Emoghwanre, the Publicity Secretary, NBA, Benin in a statement said the sad event occurred in the late hours of Monday, Feb. 15.
The statement reads: “It is with grief and a heavy heart, The Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association Benin, branch announce the death of our dear and beloved Hon. Justice Morrison Ojabulu Ighodalo.
“He was a renowned judge with an unflinching determination to always impact knowledge on one and all.
‘We will greatly miss him. He was a jurist of no mean repute, ” the statement read.
NAN reports that the state Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin, held a meeting with the judges and later paid condolence visit on the family of the late judge in his official residential at Boundary Road in GRA, Benin.
