Chief Justice Of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammed Tests Positive For COVID-19.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria [CJN], Tanko Muhammed has tested positive for COVID-19.
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 [MULAN] on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said the CJN is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment.
The Chief Justice was conspicuously absent at the opening of the 2020/2021 Legal Year and swearing-in of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday.
In his absence, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour administered oaths to the new SANs as the next most senior Justice of the apex court.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected few top government officials in Nigeria including Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who died after he tested positive for COVID-19 at the age of 67.
Also recently, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation [SGF], Mr Boss Mustapha, and his wife have gone into self-isolation after some members of their household tested positive for Covid-19.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu also tested positive for COVID-19, on Saturday, December 12.
