Mahmud Mohammed
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Preceded byAloma Mariam Mukhtar
Succeeded byWalter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
Born10 November 1946
PartyNon-partisian
Mahmud Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Nigeria | |
| In office November 2014 – 10 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Aloma Mariam Mukhtar |
| Succeeded by | Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1946 |
| Party | Non-partisian |
Mahmud Mohammed GCON (born 10 November 1946) is a Nigerian jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2014 to 2016.[1][2][3]
Justice Mohammed was born on November 10, 1946, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, northeastern Nigeria.[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree at Ahmadu Bello University in 1970 and was called to the Nigerian bar, the same year he graduated from the Nigerian Law School.[5]