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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19 and is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment.
This development was disclosed by a member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Street Journal had reported that 72 senior advocates of Nigeria, SAN were sworn in on Monday and rather than the chief justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed to preside over the ceremony, the justice of the supreme court, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, represented him at the occasion.