The Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Henry Olusuyi who was recently inaugurated as the Chief Judge of the state will tomorrow, Monday retire from service.
Recalled that his swearing-in ceremony as Chief Judge was held on Wednesday, 22 December, 2020 in Lokoja, the state capital, will be making history as the shortest serving Chief Judge the State has ever had.
Justice Oluseyi became the State’s Chief Judge following the vacancy created by the death of Justice Nasir Ajanah on June 29.
Justice Henry Olusiyi as substantive Chief Judge only served for three weeks, thus making history as the shortest serving Chief Judge of any State in Nigeria.
Born on 11th January, 1956, with the retirement age of State Judges pegged at 65 years; Justice Olusuyi will vacate office tomorrow Monday when he must have clocked the mandatory retirement age.
SHORT PROFILE OF JUSTICE OLUSUYI
Hon Justice Henry Adebola Olusiyi hails from Igbaruku-Okeri in Yagba West Local Government Area Kogi State.
He was born on 11th January, 1956. He started his educational career earlier enough at St. Michael’s Primary School, Kaduna from January, 1962 to December, 1966 and finished his primary education at E.C.W.A Primary School, Mopa Kogi State between January, 1967 and December, 1968.
He enrolled for his secondary school at the E.C.W.A Secondary School, Mopa, Kogi State, in January, 1969 and rounded up in June 1973.
He secured admission into the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in July, 1974 and graduated in 1978 with an LL.B (Hons.) before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in October, 1978 and by July, 1979, he was called to the Nigerian Bar after successfully completing the programme of the school and obtaining his B.L.
Hon. Justice Olusiyi’s jurisprudential, administrative and managerial depth of working experience started as a state Counsel at the Ministry of Justice Maiduguri, Borno State where he had his mandatory N.Y.S.C scheme between August, 1979 and July, 1980.
He subsequently became a Magistrate Grade II in the Kwara State Judiciary, Ilorin.
He became a Magistrate Grade I and later progressed to become a Chief magistrate in July, 1980.
He served in this position up to March 6, 1988 when he was appointed the Chief Registrar at the High Court of Justice of the Kwara State Judiciary which he resumed with at the Kogi State Judiciary, Lokoja on August 28, 1991 upon the creation of Kogi State. He was appointed a Judge of the Kogi State High Court on June 5th, 1992.