The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19.

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad

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, ChannelsTV reports.

He stated that the CJN is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment.

Thelago0stimes gathered that 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.