THE Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasiru Ajanah, is dead.
Ajanah passed on in Abuja on Sunday after a brief illness at the age of 64.
He was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene Local Government Area, according to information on the State Government’s website.
Recall that exactly a week ago, the state also lost the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga, after a brief illness.
Ajanah, who studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, set up his private firm, Nasiru Ajanah & Co in Okene, where he practised law between 1985 and 1989.
He served in various capacities such as chairman, Kabba disturbance tribunal, Kogi, (1994); chairman, election petitions tribunal in Adamawa state (1998); member of the governing council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (1999 and 2006) and chairman, panel on Murtala Mohammed international airport fire incident (2000).
Ajanah, whose remains will be buried in Abuja on Sunday, served as chairman, election petitions tribunal in Akwa Ibom state (2007) and chairman, election tribunal petitions in Rivers state (2008).
