{{Short description|Nigerian jurist}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Justice | name = Niki Tobi | honorific_suffix = CON | office = Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria | term_start = 2002 | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|7|14}} | birth_place = Esanma, Bomadi LGA, Delta State, Nigeria | death_date = {{death date|2016|6|19}} }}
'''Niki Tobi''', CON (July 14, 1940 – June 19, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.<ref name=scn>{{cite web|url=http://www.scn.gov.ng/portal/detail.php?link=niki |title=Hon. Justice Niki Tobi |accessdate=2007-07-10 |work=Scn.gov.ng |publisher=Supreme Court of Nigeria |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908215435/http://www.scn.gov.ng/portal/detail.php?link=niki |archivedate=September 8, 2007 }}</ref> Tobi was born in Esanma, Bomadi LGA, in what is now Delta State. Prior to his career at the bench, he was the dean of Faculty of Law and deputy vice-chancellor (academic services), University of Maiduguri. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002.<ref name=scn/>
He was known for his legal erudition and wide knowledge of legal principles. Niki Tobi died on June 19, 2016.<ref>[http://ynaija.com/supreme-court-justice-dead-niki-tobi/ Supreme Court Justice Dead]</ref>
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