Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Katsina Alu dies
Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has died.
Katsina Alu was said to have died on Wednesday morning at the age of 76. He would have been 77 in a few weeks.
Katsina Alu was from Ushongo local government area of Benue state. He succeeded Idris Legbo Kutigi as chief justice of Nigeria in December 2009.
He was sworn in by Kutigi because former president Umaru Yar’Adua, who was ill at the time, had failed to hand over to his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan.
Katsina-Alu remained in the position until August 2011 when he was succeeded by the late Dahiru Musdapher.
