BREAKING: Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Abubakar Wali, dies in Kano

Justice Wali

A former Supreme Court judge, Justice Abubakar Bashir Wali, is dead.

A family source disclosed that the late jurist died at his residence in Kano after a protracted illness.

It would be recalled that Justice Wali was a pioneer legal practitioner in the north.

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Justice Wali was also the first judge from the Shariah Court of Appeal to rise through the rank to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

The family source also disclosed that the deceased would be buried Tuesday afternoon according to Islamic rites.


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