‘Niki Tobi was a Man of Honour,’ says Gadzama
Chief J-K. Gadzama (SAN)Leading
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate and foremost
arbitrator, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN) has described the death of
former justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi as “very sad and
shocking.”
“Justice Tobi was one of
the best and brightest jurists this country has ever known,” said
Gadzama. “He was a jurist of the finest refinement, a noble soul whose
lucid and erudite judgements helped in shaping our legal architecture
and jurisprudence.”
According to Gadzama, “Justice Tobi has left
indelible prints on our legal landscape. His endearing humanism,
courage, incorruptibility and patriotism came handy at crucial moments
in our history when our judiciary was groping for direction and moral
rectitude.”
Gadzama
recalled with nostalgia “how the deceased judicial icon, as the pioneer
Dean of Law, University of Maiduguri taught us the rudiments of law at
the earliest part of our law degree programme.” In fact, because of
Justice Tobi’s unparalleled devotion to his craft and to his students
including Gadzama and his classmates as well as his contributions to the
development of the law and society, Gadzama, in appreciation and to
honor him even while the late justice was still alive, named the moot
court in his J-K Gadzama Court as “Justice Niki Tobi Moot Court.”Gadzama
said: “My only regret is that as a result of the prolonged sickness,
the late jurist could not visit the moot court before he passed on to
eternity,” adding that “He will be dearly missed by all who knew him
intimately as a man of honour and a prodigious intellectual. Our deep
sympathies go to the entire nation and especially to his immediate
family. We will continue to remember them in our prayers.”
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