JUSTICE OPUTA PASSES ON AT 96

 

Justice Chukwudifu Oputa

Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, passed on, yesterday in Abuja, aged 96, after a brief illness. He was famously described by his colleagues at the Bench as the Socrates of the Supreme Court. He was part of the golden era.

His other colleagues who made the era golden include Justice Kayode Eso, Justice Nnaemeka Anyagolu, Justice Otutu Obaseki and Justice Babatunde Craig.

His eldest son (also a musician and actor), Charles Oputa, commonly called Charlyboy confirmed the death of his father, saying: “Na true oooh! (It is true) Daddy don go (Daddy is dead). Charlyboy went on to say that his father died from a cardiac arrest.

On plans for the burial, he said we will call elders at home and take it up from there.”

Justice Oputa passed on peacefully on Sunday afternoon May 4, 2014, after recovering from a brief illness. Funeral announcements will be released by the family.

Masquerade234 gathered that the late great jurist died at Charlyboy’s Abuja residence. It was also gathered that the late Justice Oputa, recently returned to the country, from a medical trip abroad.