Tanko Muhammad

Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad CFR (born 31 December 1953) is a Nigerian Jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the incumbent Chief Justice of Nigeria.[2] He was formerly a Justice of the Nigerian Courts of Appeal.[3][4]

Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Assumed office
7 January 2007
Substantive Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Assumed office
24 July 2019 [1]
Preceded byWalter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
Personal details
Born (1953-12-31) 31 December 1953
Bauchi State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Early life

Justice Tanko was born on 31 December 1953 at Doguwa - Giade, a local government area in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria. He attended Government Secondary School, Azare where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1973 before he later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University where he received an LL.B. degree in Islamic law in 1980. He later obtained an LL.M. degree and a Ph.D. in law from the same university in 1985 and 1998 respectively.[5]

Tanko began his career in 1982, after he was called 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 the Federal Capital Territory, a position he held until 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. 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 7 January 2007.[6][7][8] On Thursday, 11 July 2019, Tanko Muhammed was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as substantive CJN. This was barely 24 hours after National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended him to the president.[9]

See also
  • List of Justice of the Nigerian courts of appeals

References
  1. "Swearing Tanko Ibrahim Muhammad as new CJN by Muhammad Buhari".
  2. "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria".
  3. Tobi Adeyeye. "CJN removes 2 Supreme Court justices off election petition tribunal". The Herald.
  4. "Service chiefs, Soun, Osemawe, Oyegun, Omosexy, 292 others on national honours' list". tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. "Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad JSC, CON". supremecourt.gov.ng. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. Bamgbose, Olatokunbo John (7 December 2013). Digest of Judgements of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. google.co.uk. ISBN 9789788431404.
  7. "Justice Tanko Muhammad". kogireports.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. "Chief Justice Aloma's Son Used To Scuttle Anambra State Election Battle At The Supreme Court". Sahara Reporters. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. "Breaking: Buhari nominates Justice Tanko Muhammed as substantive CJN". Oak TV Newstrack. Oak TV. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.


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