Foremost Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze Is Dead

Foremost constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead.

TheNiche, in breaking the story, reports that a dependable source close to the family confided that the nonagenarian passed on Sunday, evening, October 29, 2023, in his home at the ripe age of 92.

Nwabueze, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State.

A seasoned Academician, Prof Nwabueze was the first academic lawyer to be made a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 1978 strictly based on his published works.

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He was a member of the Senate of the Universities of Lagos, Dar-es-salaam, Nairobi, Haile Selassie in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland between 1971 and 1978.

He was appointed the University Assessor for Academic Appointments at the Universities of Ghana, the University of Lagos, the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and the University of Jos between 1978 and 1979.

A firm believer in publishing, Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the proud author of over thirty books and treatises with an average extent of 400 pages, among numerous laurels.