Justice Onum’s Death Is a Profound Loss to Benue and Nigeria, Tinubu Says

President Bola Tinubu paid tribute to former Benue State Chief Judge Adam Ochume Onum, who died at 73, and offered condolences to his wife Vivien, family, the judiciary, the Nigerian Bar Association and the Idoma people. Onum served as a magistrate, a member of the Benue State House of Assembly, a lawyer, and the state’s Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice from 1988 to 1991. Appointed to the Benue State High Court in 1991, he later became the first person from the Idoma ethnic group to serve as the state’s Chief Judge. Tinubu praised his dedication to justice and public service and prayed for his soul to rest in peace and for strength for his loved ones.