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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19 and is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment.
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa made the disclosure at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
It would be recalled that Justice Muhammad was absent at the swearing-in of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday.
Because of his absence, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour swore-in the new SANs and declared the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court opened, being the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court.