By Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor is dead. The 85-year-old reportedly died on Thursday evening in the US.
Meanwhile President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the late diplomat, in a statement on Friday.
The statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, was titled “President Buhari mourns Ambassador Nsofor; calls him a man of rare courage.”
Buhari was quoted as saying that he had spoken with the deceased’s widow, Jane on the telephone to commiserate with her and the family, describing Nsofor as “an outstanding judge of rare courage and truth who is not afraid to give justice to whom justice is due.”
According to the statement, the President has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with the deceased’s family on his burial arrangements.
It read in part, “Apparently referring to the 2003 presidential election during which Justice Nsofor delivered a minority judgment as a member of the election appeal panel in favour of Gen. Buhari as candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, the President said the country will miss people with such exemplary pedigree.
“President Buhari, who has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with Justice Nsofor’s family on the burial arrangements, prayed God to comfort all who mourn the departed jurist and grant his soul eternal rest.”
