BY Demola Akinyemi & Abdulwahab Abdulah
Ilorin — The body of late retired Justice of the
Supreme Court, Justice Sa’idu Kawu, 85, was buried
yesterday in Ilorin according to Islamic injunctions.
Kawu passed, Wednesday evening, in Ilorin. He was buried at his residence, Ikokoro compound off
Niger Road, Ilorin at 10.45 a.m.
The Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Mohammed Basiru,
who led the jana’iza (funeral) prayer.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Senator
Bukola Saraki, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, the former President of the Court of Appeal,
Justice Ayo Salami, and members from the bar and
bench, were among thousands of dignitaries who
witnessed the burial. The eldest son of the deceased, Justice Suleiman
Kawu described his father as an incorruptible, firm,
thorough and meticulous judge who was God fearing
during his life time.
The late jurist was appointed the Chief Judge of Kwara
State in 1975 and later became a Supreme Court Judge in 1984. The Ilorin-born judge headed the National
Constitutional Conference Commission, NCCC, and other
high-profile commissions.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State
described Kawu as a painful loss to the state and the
country. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,
Abdulwahab Oba, the governor said:”The death of
Justice Kawu marked the close of a chapter in the
annals of the country’s judiciary. “As a Chief Judge in Kwara State and at the Supreme
Court, he left indelible marks in the sand of time.”

RIP Justice!