The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday.
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He said the CJN was receiving treatment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
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The CJN was conspicuously absent from Monday’s new legal year ceremony of the Supreme Court during which 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria were sworn in.
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In his absence, the event was presided by the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour. #news
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