MUHAMMED, Datijo Musa (Justice)

Justice Musa Datijo was born on 27 October 1953 at Chanchaga, a local government area in Minna, the capital of Niger State, North-Central Nigeria.[3] He attended Authority Primary School, Minna and Sardauna memorial secondary school where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1971. He attended Bayero University in Kano State Northern Nigeria for a pre-degree Certificate before he proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1976. He later received a master's degree in law from University of Warwick in 1983. In July 2012, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice.[5] He presided over the ruling of the Supreme Court that affirmed Gbenga Kaka as the Senator elect of Ogun East Senatorial District in the 2 April 2011 senatorial election.