Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nigeria, Hon Justice Nasiru Ajanah, has passed away. Justice Ajanah died in Abuja on Sunday.
According to reports, he died after a brief illness at the age of 64.
The justice’s death is coming exactly a week after the state lost the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga, after a brief illness.
The Kogi State Government on its website said Ajanah was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene local government area.
He studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Late Justice Ajanah started his working career, after the National Youth Service with Kwara State Ministry of Justice, where he served as State Counsel between 1982 and 1984.
Ajanah later set up his private firm, Nasiru Ajanah & Co in Okene, where he practised law between 1985 and 1989.
He was later appointed by the then Kwara State Government as a Judge of Kwara State High Court in 1990. His appointment was transferred to Kogi State in 1991 when the State was created.
He served in various capacities before he was appointed as the Chief Judge of Kogi state.