Former Lecturer at Fourah Bay College and former Chief Justice of Sierra Leone Raymond Desmond Aderemi Renner-Thomas popularly known as Dr. Ade Renner-Thomas is dead. 

The veteran saw the light of the world on the 7th September 1945 and finally departed to his creator yesterday Thursday 17th November 2022. He died at the age of 77.

Ade Renner-Thomas was a former lecturer in law at FBC, The University of Sierra Leone, and a former member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London and of the New York Bar, a former leading legal practitioner of the Sierra Leone Bar and a retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

At his time of living, Dr. Ade Renner-Thomas contributed immensely in research and solving issues affecting Sierra Leone.  He had done considerable research into the dual land tenure system of Sierra Leone, a study for which he was awarded a PhD by the University of London in 1983.Th

With such a rare gem lost at his 70s, it is with heavy hearts as family announced his death yesterday Thursday 17th November 2022 after seeing the light of the world for 77 years.

Funeral arrangements are to be announced in due time by the family for sympathizers and well wishers.