Chima Centus Nweze (25 September 1958 – 30 July 2023) was a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the

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Early life

Chima Centus Nweze was born on 25 September 1958, and hailed from

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, eastern

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. Nweze graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has t ...

in 1983, BL from the

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in 1984, LL.M in 1995, and a PhD in Law in 2001 from the

Law career

Prior to his appointment as justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he was a Justice of the Nigerian courts of appeal. Nweze was sworn in on 29 October 2014, by Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the former

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Death

Chima Centus Nweze died on 30 July 2023, at the age of 64.Justice Chima Centus Nweze Of Supreme Court Passes Away
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References

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