Nigeria pays tribute to former chief judge Adam Onum
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
President Bola Tinubu paid tribute to Adam Ochume Onum, former chief judge of Benue State, who died aged 73 after a long illness. The judge died on 5 November, according to a presidential statement cited by Punch.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Friday paid tribute to Adam Ochume Onum, former chief judge of Benue State, who died on Thursday 5 November aged 73 after a long illness. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the president praised the former judge's judicial career and public service, Punch reports.
Adam Onum began his public career at the Ministry of Justice in Akure, Ondo State, during his national service after studying at the University of Lagos. He subsequently served as a magistrate in Vandeikya from 1980 to 1982, a member of the Benue State Assembly in 1983, then as Solicitor General, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of the state between 1988 and 1991, before being appointed a judge of the Benue High Court in 1991, according to the presidential statement.
Onum served as a judge for more than two decades before becoming chief judge of Benue. He was the first member of the Idoma community to hold the position since the creation of Benue State in 1976, the presidency said.
