CJN, AGF, others eulogise retired Justice Chukwuma-Eneh

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(Nigeria) The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, in Abuja on Wednesday eulogised, retired Justice Christopher Chukwuma-Eneh of the Supreme Court, for his immense contributions to the Nigerian judiciary.
Mukhtar, who eulogised Chukwuma-Eneh at valedictory session held his honour, said the jurist was a distinguished judge and richly endowed with a sharp analytical mind.
She said that the jurist brought his wealth of experience to bear in his numerous judgments.
``I have had the privilege of sitting with Hon. Justice Chukwuma-Eneh, throughout his seven years as a justice of this court in numerous cases and he was meticulous, judicious and a valued assistance to the court. The judiciary is undoubtedly going to miss an assiduous and most learned gentleman; his many judgments are venerated references to judges and counsel alike,’’ Mukhtar said.
Also, in his speech, the Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, said Chukwuma-Eneh’s profile was ``impressive and intimidating’’, adding that he bequeathed to Nigeria’s legal landmarks which he called ``jurisprudential architecture’’.
``We are gathered here to eulogise and honour a titan and icon of the legal profession who had paid his dues while ascending the ladder of professional excellence. This culminated in his elevation to the highest bench in the nation - Supreme Court,’’ he said.
Adoke cited one of the retired jurist’s landmark Supreme Court judgments thus: ``Fair hearing has become the whipping principle for counsel trying to catch at a straw to sustain a modicum of standing in a hopeless case where the case is already dead as a dodo.’’
Also, Mr Okey Wali, the Nigeria Bar Association President, said that Chukwuma-Eneh’s most remarkable judgment was his 2010 judgment in National Union of Electricity Employees versus Bureau of Public Enterprises.
``That judgment led to the Third Amendment of the 1999 Constitution, recognising the National Industrial Court as a court of superior record. The National Assembly heard His Lordship and promptly did the needful as the judgment led to the said amendment,’’ Wali said.
Chukwuma-Eneh retired as justice of Supreme Court justice after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 on April 23.

               

                 

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