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Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Mary Odili retires at 70

Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Mary Odili retires at 70

Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Odili retires at 70

Erudite jurist, Justice Mary Ekaego Peter Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is to officially bow out of the nation’s Judiciary today Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Mrs Odili, who is one of the earliest women to be elevated to the Supreme Court bench, will step aside today having attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy years.

The Imo State born jurist, whose meritorious landmark judgments have shapened the political, economic and social terrains of the nation, is to be hosted to an elaborate retirement event on the day.

Already, the authority of the apex court is holding a befitting valedictory court session in her honour.


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