A former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati is dead. He reportedly died of cardiac arrest in Abuja on Thursday evening after his Magrib prayer.
His death was confirmed on Friday by the Chief Information Officer of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Catherine Oby Nwandu.
Nwandu said in a statement, “With great sadness, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Honorable Justice John Terhemba Tsoho regrets to announce the sudden death of the former Chief Judge of this Honourable Court, Honorable Justice Adamu Abdul Kafarati who passed on last night at about 7.30 pm being, February 25, 2021, after his usual evening Magrib prayer in Abuja.
“The late Justice died of Cardiac arrest. Born on July 25, 1954, at Kwami, Gombe State, he was appointed to the Federal High Court Bench on October 31 1991. He became the acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on September 16, 2017, and was confirmed as the substantive Chief Judge on June 17, 2018.
“The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Judges of the Court, the entire management and staff of the Court commiserate with the family of the deceased.”
Justice Tsoho said that Kafarati was calm and gentle, but very courageous, extremely humble and forthright in all his dealings.
“The pain of the exit of late Justice Adamu Abdu Kafarati will be felt by the court and as well as the country at large”, Tsoho added and prayed the Almighty God to grant his immediate family, relatives and friends the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Kafarati retired from the Federal High Court Bench on July 25, 2019.