A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Pius Olayiwola Aderemi CON, is reportedly dead after a brief illness.

Justice Adeyemi kicked the bucket, on Monday morning at a hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State after a brief illness

A statement issued by his son, Olakunle Aderemi, described Justice Adeyemi as a ‘devoted Catholic, defender of the law and an exemplary and incorruptible jurist’ of Nigeria’s apex court.

Aderemi, 80, was at a time, a member of the National Judicial Council, member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria, and was a Papal Knight of St. Gregory the Great.

Aderemi was nominated by former President Goodluck Jonathan in December 2010 to head the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), but he was rejected by the Senate on account of his age, as he was 72-years-old at that time.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, in December 2010, nominated Aderemi as chairman of the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC).

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No be today Nigeria started nominating old people for positions