Gov Alia mourns former Benue Chief Judge, Justice Adam Onum

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has expressed grief implicit the decease of erstwhile Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adam Ochume Onum, who passed distant connected Thursday, November 5, 2026.

This was contained successful a connection issued connected Friday by the Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula.

Governor Alia described the decease of the erstwhile judicial serviceman arsenic a achy nonaccomplishment to Benue State and the Nigerian judiciary, noting that his contributions to the ineligible assemblage and medication of justness would not beryllium forgotten.

The Governor recalled that Justice Onum recorded a historical accomplishment successful December 2017 erstwhile helium became the archetypal idiosyncratic of Idoma root to service arsenic Chief Judge of Benue State since the state's instauration successful 1976.

He noted that the precocious jurist distinguished himself done years of work connected the bench, demonstrating integrity, courageousness and dedication to upholding justice.

"Justice Onum was a distinguished ineligible practitioner and judicial serviceman whose contributions to the improvement of the state's ineligible and judicial institutions volition stay portion of Benue's history.

"His contributions to authorities commissions and nationalist Election Petition Tribunals further demonstrated his dedication to nationalist service," the politician said.

He extended his condolences to the contiguous household of the deceased, the Idoma nation, the Benue State Judiciary, the Nigerian Bar Association and the radical of the state.

He pray...