HON. Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar NPOM, LLB, BL (born 21 November 1958) is a Nigerian lawyer and current serving chief judge of Katsina State from 2018.[1] He administered the oath of office to the former governor of Katsina State Rt. Hon. Alh. Aminu Bello Masari. He was the chairman of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal who declared Hajiya Aisha Jummai Alhassan of the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of the controversial governorship election, 2015 in Taraba State.[2]
Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar LLB, BL, Life Bencher, | |
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 Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar in official regalia | |
| Born | 21 November 1958 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Bayero University Kano Ahmadu Bello University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Office | Chief Judge of Katsina State, Nigeria |
| Spouses | Hajiya Jummai Musa Danladi
(m. 1991; died 1996)
Hajiya Binta Musa Danladi
(m. 1981) |
| Children | Yusuf, Sabiru, Abubakar, Aliyu, Abdullahi, Mustapha (deceased), Aliyu, Ummi, A’ishatu, Zahara’u, Musa, Mukhtar, Ibrahim, Yakubu, Saudatu, Amina, Umar and Safiyya |
| Parents |
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| Awards | LLD by AIU, Niamey.
NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY MERIT AWARD(NPOM) by GENERAL ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR GCFR, FSS, DSS, mni in 1998. A member and fellow of the INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE |
Early life
editMusa Danladi Abubakar was born on 21 November 1958 to a business family in Funtua, Katsina state.[3]
Education
editAbubakar started his early education at his father's home, in which he learned some basic principles of Islamic jurisprudence. He attended Aya primary School, GSS Zaria and later GSS Funtua before joining Bayero University College which metamorphosed into Bayero University Kano from 1978 to 1981. There he obtained his degree in Law and he was called to the bar in Nigerian Law School in the same year.[4]
Early career
editMusa Danladi Abubakar was appointed as Legal trainee and Pupil state counsel involved with prosecuting cases and offering legal advice with the then Kaduna state between 1981 and 1983. He joined the services of Kaduna State College of Legal Studies, Katsina Campus as a lecturer in 1983. He switched his cadre the same year (1983–1987) to join Kaduna State Judiciary and was posted to Funtua Local Government as Magistrate and was later rose to Chief Magistrate with a duty of adjudicating in civil and criminal matters within jurisdiction of each grade. Katsina became a state in 1987 and Musa Danladi was appointed as appointed as Chief Registrar between 1988 and 1994 who was responsible in head of administration and accounting officer of the judiciary; Probate Registrar and Sheriff of Katsina State.[5]
He became a High Court judge in 1994, a position he held until he was appointed as chief judge, Katsina State, in 2018. Abubakar is the serving chief judge of the state, and he administered the oath of office to the current Governor Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari.
A winner of the National Productivity Merit Award in 1998, a member of World Jurist Association and a fellow of the International Dispute Resolution Institute, Abubakar has also participated widely in various community development projects.[6]
Appointment as Chief Judge
editOn 13 March 2018, the government of Katsina state under the administration of Aminu Bello Masari announced the appointment of Musa Danladi Abubakar as the state's Acting Chief Judge.[7][8] He was subsequently sworn in on the same day. He was later confirmed as substantive chief judge by the Katsina State House of Assembly on the 23 May 2018[9]
Personal life
editMusa married three wives and has seventeen children; 11 sons and 6 daughters.[10]
Award
editHe was awarded Hon. LL.D (Islamic Jurisprudence) by the Al-Nahda International University, Niamey in November, 2018.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Coming of Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar". ThisDay.
- ^ "Tribunal sacks Taraba governor, Ishaku". Daily Trust. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018 by THISDAY Newspapers Ltd - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Admin (21 July 2016). "ABUBAKAR, Musa Danladi". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Jibia, Abdussamad Umar (22 June 2020). "Katsina bandits: Why the chief judge should come clean". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar Archives". National Accord Newspaper. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Katsina gets new Chief Judge". Vanguard News. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Sijuade, Gbenga (13 March 2018). "Justice Musa Danladi Becomes Katsina State Chief Judge". Nigeria News. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "EXTRA: 4 interesting facts to know about Justice Musa Danladi, Katsina State's New Chief Judge". Katsina Post. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Ifeoma, Peters (3 September 2020). "Katsina Chief Judge Swears In 20 Sharia Court Judges - DNL Legal and Style". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "International Doctorate Award Conferred On Rahamaniyya Lauded By Popular Businessman, Dan Malam". New Nigerian Newspaper. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.