Connect with us

Judiciary & Court

Who is acting CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad?

Published

on

President Muhammadu Buhari after swearing-in acting CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
President Muhammadu Buhari and acting CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
President Muhammadu Buhari and acting CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria following the suspension of embattled Justice Walter Onnoghen.

Justice Muhammed is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

He was formerly a Justice of the Nigerian courts of appeal.

Born 31 December 1953 at Doguwa – Giade local government area in Bauchi state, he attended Government Secondary School, Azare where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1973.

He then proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Law in 1980.

Advertisement

He later obtained a Master and Doctorate (Ph. D) degree from the same university in 1984 and 1998 respectively.

Tanko began his career in 1982, after he was Call to the bar in 1981, the same year he graduated from the Nigerian Law School.

In 1989, he was appointed as Chief Magistrate of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, a position he held till 1991 when he became a Judge at the Bauchi State Sharia Court of Appeal.

He served in that capacity for two years before he was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice in 1993.

Advertisement

He held this position for thirteen years before he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2006 but was sworn in on January 7, 2007.

Advertisement
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Copyright © 2015 - 2024 ChronicleNG

Discover more from Chronicle.ng

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading