The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19.
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, disclosed this today at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja.
He said the Chief Justice of Nigeria was receiving treatment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Justice Tanko Mohammed was conspicuously absent from yesterday’s new legal year ceremony of the Supreme Court where he was scheduled to preside over the inauguration of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
