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ISTIFANUS THOMAS, May 27, 1948 - July 17th 2012 was a serving justice of the court of appeal Nigeria until his death. He hails from Bangshika village in Hong local government area of Adamawa state Nigeria. Born to the family of late Toma and Ama Martha, he began his education at Bangshika primary school in the 1950s and proceeded o complete senior primary school at Pella in present day Hong local government area. Proceeded to provincial secondary school Yola (Now Ramat College yola) in 1963 and later was admitted to Ahmadu bello University Zaria as a law student and completed his studies in 1973. He was in the first batch of NYSC and served in Onitsha in the defunct east central state before been called the bar in 1975. He began his legal career as pupil state council with the northeastern state and then ventured in private practice under the tutelage of late chief Solomon lar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Justices_of_the_Nigerian_courts_of_appeals