Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta

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Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta

LLB, BL, Life Bencher, OFR,
Born (1948-05-24) 24 May 1948 (age 74)
Alma mater Ahmadu Bello University
OccupationLawyer
Years active1978 - 2013
Known forThe longest serving Chief Judge of Katsina State
TitleGaladima of Katsina
PredecessorJustice Mamman Nasir
SpouseHajiya Hadiza Abdullahi Mahuta (married 1979 to present)
ChildrenMuhammad, Hannatu, Hadiza, Hauwa'u, Maryam and Abubakar
Parent
  • Malam Abdullahi Sani Mahuta (father)

Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta is the longest-serving chief judge in Katsina State, Nigeria from 1991 to 2013, and he administered the oath of office to civilian governors of Katsina State from Alhaji Sa'idu Barda in 1991 to Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema in 2011.

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Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta was born in Mahuta village of Malumfashi local government area of today's Katsina state on Monday 24 May 1948. His father, Malam Abdullahi Sani Mahuta, was the 9th Galadiman Katsina, Hakimin Malumfashi till his death in 1991. Historically, one Dudi was the first Galadiman Katsina from 1808 to 1823 [1] and over centuries, the traditional exists in Katsina emirate and one of the king-makers of Katsina emirs.[ clarification needed ]

Background

Though born into a notable family young Saddik had a simple and common life like any other child of his age. It was not long after his enrollment into primary school that he moved to Katsina city where his life continued.

Education

Saddik began his primary school in Malumfashi but finished it in Katsina local government between 1956 and 1962. He proceeded to Government Secondary School, Funtua, in 1963 and completed secondary education in 1969. Saddik Mahuta attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1973 to 1976, where he obtained his degree in Law and was called to the bar in Nigerian Law School in the same year. [2]

Career in law

Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta was appointed as state counsel, Kaduna state between 1978 and 1979.

He became a legal officer, Kaduna Cooperative Bank Limited between 1979 and 1983.

Along with other lawyers, Mahuta established private legal practice known as Godiya Chambers Kaduna from 1983 to 1987. [2]

Katsina became a state in 1987 and Saddik Mahuta was appointed the first solicitor general and permanent secretary of the new state between 1987 and 1989.

He became High Court judge in 1989, a position he held until he was appointed as chief judge, Katsina State in 1991. Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta is the longest-serving chief judge of the state, and he administered the oath of office to the first civil governor of the third republic, Alhaji Sa'idu Barda, and the first two governors of the fourth republic late Umaru Musa Yar'adua in 1999 and 2003 and Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema in 2007 and 2011. [3]

Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta is a member of World Jurist Association. He retired from civil service in 2013.

Galadiman Katsina

After the death of Honourable Justice Mamman Nasir on 13 April 2019, [4] the Emir of Katsina, Dr. AbdulMumin Kabir Usman, through the Secretary of Katsina Emirate Council and Sallaman Katsina, Alhaji Bello Ifo, appointed Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta as the successor of Justice Mamman Nasir. [5] The retired justice was turbaned as the 11th Galadiman Katsina, the district head of Malumfashi (Hakimin Malumfashi) on Saturday, 1 June 2019 in the Emir's Palace, Katsina. [6]

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References

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