LOADING

Type to search

BREAKING: Nigerian Ambassador To US, Sylvanus Nsofor Is Dead

Breaking News

BREAKING: Nigerian Ambassador To US, Sylvanus Nsofor Is Dead

The Nigerian ambassador to the United States of America, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor is dead.

ThisDay reports that Nsofor died on Thursday in Maryland hospital, Washington DC at the age of 85.

Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, assumed office as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States on November 13, 2017.

He succeeded Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, who died towards the end of his tenure as Nigeria’s ambassador to the US.

Nsofor graduated from London’s now-defunct Holborn College of Law in 1962.

He was appointed to the bench in Nigeria in 1977, and served as a judge of the Imo state High Court. Nsofor was a justice on the Court of Appeal of Nigeria for 13 years until his mandatory retirement in 2005.

Tags:
Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

  • 1

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.