Biography of justice dahiru musdapher

Earlier this week, he sat down to speak on his life and times. Weekly Trust: We hear that the way you started your primary schooling was surreptitious and you were sitting under a tree branch? He was then a senior pupil in the village elementary school in Babura town. There were even no trees there; it was on the edge of the desert.

Dahiru Musdapher

Chief Justice of Nigeria from to

Dahiru Musdapher GCON CFR
A portrait of Justice Musdapher
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President	Goodluck Jonathan
Preceded by	Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu
Succeeded by	Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
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Born	Dahiru Babura Musdapher ()15 July Babura, Northern Region, British Nigeria
Died	22 January () (aged&#;75) London, United Kingdom
Spouse	Sabwa Dahiru Musdapher

Dahiru Babura MusdapherGCON CFR (15 July – 22 January ) was a Nigerian jurist who served as the 12th chief justice of Nigeria from to He served as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of Kaduna State from to , and as the chief judge of Kano State from to Musdapher was a justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal from to and of the Nigerian Supreme Court from to

Background and early life

Musdapher was born on 15 July as the first and eldest son in a polygamous family of 25 children and only son of his mother to a family of Kanuri scholars in Babura, Jigawa State, Nigeria.

His father was Mallam Babura Musdapher, a cleric and Islamic scholar who was a principal advisor to the head of colonial district in the Kano Native Power before being a district top of Babura local government area in Kano State.

Education

In , when Musdapher was due to understand Islamic teachings in Sudan and Egypt, his aunt opposed citing his age as a barrier for long-distance travels.

In , through Mohammed Ibrahim who was the then head-boy, Musdapher was admitted to Babura Elementary Educational facility which he left in and progressed to Birnin Kudu Middle School in and graduated in with a First School Vanishing Certificate. He moved to Rumfa College, Kano, for his secondary education in and graduated in with a West African Academy Certificate.

In , he was admitted into the Institute of Administration (now Ahmadu Bello University), Zaria, where he got a Block Part 1 in and proceeded to SOAS University of London from to Upon his restore to Nigeria, Musdapher enrolled into the Nigerian Law School in and was called to the Nigerian Bar in

Career

Musdapher worked briefly at the Northern Regional Ministry of Finance as a clerical officer in before proceeding to the university.

While a student at the SOAS, he enrolled at the Inns of Court, Middle Temple and was called to the English Block in As a student, Musdapher was a regular outside contributor and discussant in the BBC World Service for West Africa and Hausa from to

After being called to the Nigerian Bar in , Musdapher together with Kaloma Ali practised privately until the reform of local government councils in after which Musdapher was appointed as the secretary of the Kano Emirate Council and a councillor of Kano Native Authority.

Dahiru Musdapher, ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria is dead: Dahiru Babura Musdapher GCON CFR (15 July – 22 January ) was a Nigerian jurist who served as the 12th chief justice of Nigeria from to He served as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of Kaduna State from to , and as the chief judge of Kano Articulate from to

In , he was made the director of Kano Co-operative Bank and a member of the board of the National Electric Authority Authority in In , Musdapher was made a member of the Body of Benchers and was also a joint editor of the Law Report of Northern Nigeria from to

In after a nomination from Umaru Abdullahi, Musdapher was persuaded by Sani Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida to accept the position of the Attorney-General of Kaduna State; in this position, he served under three military governors: Usman Jibrin, Muktar Muhammed and Ibrahim Alfa from to From to , Musdapher was the head judge of the High Court of Kano State succeeding C.

I. Jones and thus becoming the first indigenous judge of the court. He was appointed as a Justice of the Nigerian Courts of Appeal in and was promoted to the Nigerian Supreme Court in Tracking the retirement of Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, the immediate chief decide, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Musdapher as the 12th Chief Justice of Nigeria in , a position he held until his retirement in ^[7]

Honours

Musdapher was a recipient of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) in and Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) in

Personal life and death

Musdapher was married to Haijyya Sabwa Dahiru Musdapher (née Suleiman Galadima) and they had three children including Hadiza Dahiru Mustapha who is a magistrate and Kaloma Mustapha who serve as a media aide to Governor Badaru Abubakar.^[8] Musdapher was fluent in Arabic and performed Hajj as a Muslim.

Musdapher died of kidney-related disease on 22 January in a hospital in London.^[9]^[8]

References

Bibliography

Mgbeoji, Ikechi Chibuzo ().

To Perform Justly: The Court Years of Mr. Justice Dahiru Musdapher, GCON, FNIALS, CFR (–). Blackfriars' Series on Giants of Nigerian Commandment. Piped Piper Media Limited. p.&#; ISBN&#;.