Court of Appeal Justice, Hussein Is Dead

The Presiding Justice of the Kano state Court of Appeal, Justice Mukhtar Hussein is Dead.

The legal luminary died on Saturday in Abuja after a brief illness, according to family sources. The late legal luminary was born in October 02, 1954 and hails from Bauchi State.He attended the prestigious Government Secondary School, Azare, Bauchi State before proceeding to the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and was called to the Nigerian bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the 10th of July, 1981.

He was a one time Magistrate, Secretary Bauchi State Judicial Service Commission and later Chief Registrar of the FCT High Court (1992-1996). He was appointed Judge of the FCT High Court in 1996, a position he held until his elevation to the Appeal Court on the 8th of June, 2006.

He obtained a PhD in Law in 2012 and until his death was the Presiding Justice of the Kano Appeal Court.