Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, a member of the Supreme Court, disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
He is presently in Dubai receiving treatment, according to The Nation.
Earlier, on Monday, Tanko who was supposed to swear in 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), was absent at the ceremony. Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, administered oaths to the new SANs.
