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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has resigned his position as Chief Justice of Nigeria after being rocked by corruption and misconduct charges from at least 14 other Supreme Court justices.
Channels Television confirmed that Tanko resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health.
When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said, “All I know is that he’s going to declare open a workshop this morning at the NJI (National Judicial Institute).”
Information also has it that arrangements are now on to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Reports also indicate that a formal announcement will be made shortly.
Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Tanko Muhammed was seriously ill.
Only last week, 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter to lament the decrepit state of affairs in the court.
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Muhammad has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 2005 and was appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria in 2019.
He was formerly a Justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal.
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