One of the supreme court justices, Musa Dattijo Muhammad will retire from the bench of the apex court on Friday.This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Festus Akande, the court’s director press and information.
The statement said the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola would preside over the valedictory session in honour of the retiring justice.
Akande said, Dattijo who was
born on October 27, 1953, hails from Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger state.
The statement said, “Dattijo obtained his first school leaving certificate in 1966.
“Between 1967 and 1971, he was at Sheikh Sabbah College (now Sardauna Memorial Secondary School), Kaduna, from where he proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College, Kano for a Pre-Degree programme which aided his immediate admission into the Faculty of Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he bagged a degree in Law in 1977.
“He was called to the Nigerian Bar on 2nd July, 1977.
“Not satisfied with only a first Degree in Law, Justice Dattijo sought admission at Warwick University in 1982 for an LLM Degree which he obtained in 1983.
“He took the oath of office as Justice of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, 10th July, 2012. “His ascension to the Court of Appeal was more of a reward for hard work, inherent passion for his chosen profession, dedication to duty, and above all, a resolute application of the law in its true letters and words to all cases that came to him”.
Akande said before Dattijo was elevated to the apex court, he served in various divisions of the court of appeal between November 1998 and 2012.
With the exit of Dattijo, the apex court is left with 10 justices.
