By Deborah Hassan
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19, Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, has disclosed.
Saulawa made the disclosure in Abuja at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday.
He said Tanko is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he is receiving treatment.
365Daily recalls that due to the absence of the Chief Justice Tanko at the opening of the 2020/2021 Legal Year and swearing-in of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour had to administer oaths to the new SANs as the next most senior Justice of the apex court.
Nigeria’s national public health institute, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had warned of a resurgence of the COVID-19 virus in the country, while admonishing Nigerians to observe protocols aimed at reducing the spread of the virus.