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A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, has died at the age of 89.

Uwais, who served for 11 years from 1995 to 2006 as CJN reportedly died in Abuja on Friday,

Born on June 12, 1936, in Zaria, Kaduna State, Justice Uwais was called to the Bar at Middle Temple, London, in 1963.

He began his legal career as a State Counsel in the Northern Region of Nigeria and rose through the ranks to become a Justice of the Supreme Court in
1979. In 1995, he was appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.

At 36 Hon. Justice Uwais was already on the High Court Bench. At 41 he was at the Federal Court of Appeal, as it was then called. By the time he turned 43 he had made it to the Supreme Court.

He would eventually serve for 27 years, out of which he was Chief Justice of Nigeria for 11 years.

Having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 for appellate court judges with a little over 33 years in judicial office, His Lordship retired June 12, 2006.

Justice Uwais was renowned for his commitment to judicial reforms and the independence of the judiciary.

After his retirement, he chaired the Electoral Reform Committee in 2007, which produced the “Uwais Report.”

The report recommended significant changes to Nigeria’s electoral system, including the establishment of an independent electoral offences commission and reforms to the appointment process of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).