Former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Muhammad Saleh, has died on Thursday.
One of his grandsons, Armayau Liman, who announced the passage, said that the jurist passed on in his hometown of Azare, headquarters of Katagum council area of Bauchi State.
Writing on his Facebook page on Thursday, Mr Liman said: “Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi rajiun. My grandfather, Justice Muhammad Dahiru Saleh, Rtd. Former CJ FCT. (Matawallen Katagum), has passed on this Afternoon.
” I solicit your prayers for Allah’s mercy on his soul. Allah ya gafarta maka Baba Justice. Allah ya kyauta makwanci ka da sauran Alumma baki daya.”
Justice Saleh came to limelight after annulling the June 12, 1993 presidential election that was believed to had been won by the late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.
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