LEGAL ICON AND RITIRED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DIES @ 96

 Legal icon and re­tired Supreme Court Justice, Chukwudifu Oputa, is dead.
He died yesterday at the Abuja home of his music superstar son, Charles Oputa,otherwise known as ‘Area Father.’
Justice Oputa left be­hind his 92-year-old wife,Margret. Amidst tears, she described her late husband as a man of peace. She was inconsol­able, as she wailed and recounted her good old days with the respected Justice.
Justice Oputa , until breathing his last in the afternoon, was said to have read newspapers with his grand sons. Re­living his father’s last moments with members of the house, Charley Boy said there was no premo­nition that he would die yesterday.
His words: “My Dad read newspapers and joked with his grand­children this morning (that was yesterday). He told me in the morning, ‘please sorry for the in­conveniences.’ I told him which ‘inconveniences? He was served his food and he ate very well and cracked some jokes.
“His facial look didn’t suggest someone who was about to die. He looked strong and bois­terous.”

 "FAREWELL JUSTICE"