Musa Dattijo Muhammad

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Musa Dattijo Muhammad
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office
July 2012 27 October 2023
Personal details
Born (1953-10-27) 27 October 1953 (age 70)
Chanchaga, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Chanchaga, Niger State, Nigeria)
Political partyNon partisian

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

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Early life

Musa Dattijo 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]

Awards

In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari. [7]

Membership

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