Musa Datijo Muhammad

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

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 partyNon partisian

Early life

Justice Musa Datijo was born on 27 October 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 in 1971. 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

In July 2012, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice.[5] He presided over the ruling of the Supreme Court that affirmed Gbenga Kaka as the Senator elect of Ogun East Senatorial District in the 2 April 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. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. 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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