The court of Apeal has lost one of its eminent jurist,Justice Joseph Ikjegh of the Port Harcourt division,who was said to have slumped at his residence after phone conversation.



He was aged 65,as President Justice,Ikjegh headed the Port Harcourt division of the appellate court and has left behind a rich legacy of legal Jurisprudence and public service,over three decades.                                   

Justice Ikjegh was among the initial of justice Nominated by the National Judicial Council as a Justice of the Supreme Court,but did not make the most recent list of eleven for appointment to Apex Court.