The Pioneer Chairman of the lndependent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (lCPC), retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi has passed on at the age of 86.
Akanbi, who was a former President of the Court of Appeal and first Wakili of llorin, died in the early hours of Sunday at his GRA residence in llorin, after a brief illness.
A close Associate of the late jurist and lNEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Nasarawa State, Dr AbdulRahman Ajidagba, confirmed the death in a text message to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin on Sunday.
Also, one of the sons of the late octogenarian and a professor of law at the University of llorin, Mohammad Akanbi, in an interview with NAN, confirmed the death of the former lCPC Chairman.