Mahmud Mohammed

Mahmud Mohammed
Preceded by Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
Chief Justice of Nigeria
In office
November 2014 – November 10, 2016
Succeeded by Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
Personal details
Born (1946-11-10) 10 November 1946
Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria
Political party Non-partisian

Mahmud Mohammed, CON, OFR (born 10 November 1946) is a Nigerian Jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria.[1][2][3]

Early life

Justice Mohammed was born on November 10, 1946 in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, northeastern Nigeria.[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree at Ahmadu Bello University in 1970 and was called to the Nigerian bar, the same year he graduated from the Nigerian Law School.[5]

Law career

He joined the services of the Ministries of Justice of the defunct North-eastern state as a barrister and in 1991, he became the acting Chief judge of Taraba State, the same year his appointment was confirmed as the Chief Judge of the state.[6] In 2005, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice.[7] In November 2014, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Nigeria to succeed Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the first female Justice of Nigeria.[8] Justice Mahmud Mohammed is currently the Chairman of the National Judicial Council.[4]

Membership

References

  1. ↑ "TVC NEWS - Justice Mahmud Mohammed - Magistrate judges - Nigeria - TVC NEWS". tvcnews.tv. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "CJN warns judges against scuttling 2015 polls". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jonathan, others honour fallen heroes". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "FJSC Nominates Mahmud Mohammed as Next CJN, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Justice Mahmud Mohammed". Vanguard News. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jonathan approves Justice Mahmud Mohammed as next CJN". DailyPost Nigeria. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ↑ OUR REPORTER. "The man Justice Mahmud Mohammed". The Nation. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mahmud Mohammed: The new Chief Justice of Nigeria". Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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