Justice Aromeh Benson Akogu, the Kabba Resident High Court Judge in Kogi handling the case of the attempted assassination of Senator Dino Melaye, is dead.

The judge died in Anyigba on December 31, 2017, at about 11:40 pm during a cross-over service to 2018.

According to a reliable source close to the family, Akogu, who had vowed not to sleep before the cross-over to 2018, was not sick, nor did he show any symptoms of ill health.

His wife, Mrs Vicky Akogu, who confirmed the death, said the late judge who was a one-time Director of Public Prosecution in the state, was hale and hearty before his sudden death.

She said that she watched her husband’s death like a movie and could hardly believe it.

Commenting on the incident from Akogu family house in Idah, Chief Registrar of the State High Court, Yahaya Ademu, said the body had been deposited at the Grimmard Hospital Mortuary, Anyigba.

The late judge, in his late 50s, was until his death, handling the case of the attempted assassination of Senator Dino Melaye.

NAN reports that the Ijumu Local Government Administrator, Taofiq Isah and four others are being tried in the matter.