Musa Datijo Muhammad

Musa Datijo Muhammad
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Assumed office
July 2012
Personal details
Born (1953-10-27)27 October 1953
Chanchaga, Niger State, Nigeria
Political party Non partisian

Musa Datijo Muhammad OFR (born October 27, 1953) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[1][2]

Early life

Justice Musa Datijo was born on October 27, 1953 at Chanchaga, a local government area in Minna, the capital of Niger State, North-Central Nigeria.[3] He attended Authority Primary School, Minna and Sardauna memorial secondary school where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in1971. He attended Bayero University in Kano State Northern Nigeria for a pre-degree Certificate before he proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1976. He later received a master's degree in law from University of Warwick in 1983.[4]

Law career

On July 2012, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice.[5] He presided over the rulling of the Supreme Court that affirmed Gbenga Kaka as the Senator elect of Ogun East Senatorial District in the April 2, 2011 senatorial election.[6]

Membership

References

  1. ↑ "Akhigbe, CJN, Ayefele 183 others get national honours". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "S'Court frees jailed Lebanese over illegal Kano arms". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Musa Dattijo Muhammad - INFORMATION NIGERIA". informationng.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hon. Justice Musa Datijo Muhammad JSC". supremecourt.gov.ng. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Justice Aloma Mukhtar: Will a woman make a difference?". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Supreme Court upholds Kaka's election". The Sun News. Retrieved 2 May 2015.


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