The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Acha was carrying out his last jail delivery ahead of his retirement from service on May 19.
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The freed inmate, Adamu Idris, who had been incarcerated since 2017 over alleged kidnapping, gained freedom when the CJ visited the facility Wednesday.
A statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the High Court, Benson Osawaru, on Friday in Benin stated that Edigin would clock 65 years on May 17, the constitutionally prescribed age for retirement in the bench.
Acha spoke against the backdrop of media publications on his February 17 ruling on a divorce suit, involving Chief Leemon Ikpea and his wife, Agnes, who are both petitioner and respondent.