A serving Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Sylvester Ngwuta is dead.
He was reported to have died in early Sunday in his sleep at his official residence in Abuja at almost 70 years.
Justice Ngwuta hails from Amofia-Ukawu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
NAN reported he was getting set for his retirement from the Supreme Court on March 30, 2021, upon attainment of the mandatory retirement age.
He started his private legal practice at Abakaliki in July 1978 to October 1995, from where he was appointed a judge of the High Court Abia in October 1995 and then promoted to the Court of Appeal on May 22, 2003, was finally sworn-in as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in May 2011.
He was the chairman of a judicial panel of inquiry into the Obegu Enyibichirikwo Disturbance 1997-1998 and has been a member of several Election Petition Tribunal, Governship and legislative House Election Petition Tribunal; Nasarawa State held at Lafia in February 1999, National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal Plateau State held at Jos in April 1999, among others.
It could be recalled that Justice Ngwuta was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja in 2017 over money laundering and passport charges after large sums of money were discovered in his residence following a raid by security officials.
