Confab Chairman, Idris Kutigi Loses Wife

The wife of the Chairman Justice Idris Kutigi, Maryam of the on-going Confab has been pronounced dead in the early hours of today. She was aged 70 years.

 Proceedings at the National Conference have been adjourned till Monday next week. The Vice Chairman of the Conference, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, made the announcement on resumption of plenary on Wednesday morning.

According to him, the deceased had been in hospital for a while which did not deter the Chairman, a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) from his obligations at the National Conference.

Delegates were informed that prayers would be offered for the repose of the deceased at the National Mosque after which she would be interred.