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CJN Tanko Muhammad contracts coronavirus

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

A member 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, The Nation reports.

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

Recall that Justice Muhammad was absent at the swearing in of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on Monday.

He was represented by the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour who administered oaths to the new SANs.

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