Vivour retires as the Supreme Court judge.

The Supreme Court Judge, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, attained the age 0f 70, retired as the Supreme Court Judge.

It was earlier reported that the death of Sylvester Ngwuta on March 7, and Rhodes-Vivour’s retirement has left the Supreme Court with only 18 judges as against the constitutionally required number of 21.

However, Ibrahim Muhammad (CJN) described Justice Rhodes as one who “physically energetic and never gets frightened by any form of challenges” at a valedictory court session held in his honour on Monday.

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Rhodes-Vivour ascribed his success to God, he said he was never absent from work due to illness in all his years as judges

“I have a testimony, not once was I ever absent from work as a judge due to illness. I did have health challenges, but they were resolved during vacation. All medical procedures were uneventful,” he said

Rhodes-Vivour was born on March 22, 1951, and was appointed as the High court Judge on Feb 18, 1994

He was promoted to the bench of the court of Appeal on April 25, 2005

In 2008 on secondment by the federal government, he was posted to the Sierra Leone judiciary as a justice of the supreme court of Sierra Leone.

On his return to Nigeria, he was appointed as a justice of the supreme court on September 16, 2010.

With Rhodes-Vivour’s retirement, Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili becomes the second most senior justice of the apex court after the Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).