A former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati is dead.

According to reports, the former Chief Judge died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening after his Magrib prayer in Abuja.

Chief Information Officer of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Catherine Oby Nwandu, confirmed the death in a statement on Friday.

“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 statement reads.

He retired on July 25, 2019 after attaining the mandatory statutory retirement age of 65 years.