The Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Justice Sylvannus Adiewere Nsofor, is dead.
The Nigerian envoy died in a Maryland
hospital yesterday night December 10.
He was 85 years old at the time of his death.
Late Nsofor assumed office as Nigeria’s
Ambassador to the United States of America on November 13, 2017.
It was his first ambassadorial posting, after
his retirement from the Court of Appeal.
The late Nsofor was born on March 17, 1935, in Oguta, Imo State, Nigeria.
Meanwhile, President Buhari who has directed the ministry and of Foreign Affairs to work with Justice Nsofor’s family on the burial arrangements, prayed to God to comfort all who wish to mourn the departed jurist and grant his soul eternal rest.
