By Aiyeku Timothy
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19.
This was disclosed by a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, on Tuesday, at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja.
The CJN was absent from Monday’s new legal year ceremony of the Supreme Court during which 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria were sworn in as a result of the virus.
As a result of his absence, the event was presided by the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour.
Saulawa said the CJN was receiving treatment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
