Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, a retired Justice of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria, is dead.
He died on Friday in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers
State.
Karibi-Whyte was aged 80 years.
The late justice left behind seven children, four male and
three female.
They are Asikiya, Tonye, Gogo, Abiye, Tokini, Sodigi and
Nengi.
Karibi-Whyte, a Professor of Law, hailed from Abonnema,
Rivers State.
He was the Legal Draftsman in the Rivers State Ministry of
Justice in 1973 and later the Solicitor-General.
In 1976, he became a Judge of the Federal Revenue Court, was
elevated to the Court of Appeal in 1980 and the Supreme Court in 1984.
Karibi-Whyte was appointed Judge at the International
Criminal Tribunal on November 7, 1993; chaired the Nigerian Constitutional
Conference 1994-1995 and later the Counterfeit Currency Tribunal.
He was also Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced
Legal Studies (NIALS); Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned
Universities; Law Report Committee of the Federal High Court; Civil
Disturbances Tribunal; Committee for the Unification & Reform of the
Criminal Code, Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Act & Criminal Procedure
Code.
He was honoured with a national title of Commander of the
Federal Republic (CFR) in 2008.
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