Mohammed, BELLO

Jurist

jurist, born 1930, Katsina, Katsina State; married Zainah Abubakar Gumi and Daula Salem, seven sons, five daughters; Education: Central Elementary School, Katsina, 1938-43, Middle School, Kastina, 1942-45, Managerin- Training at UAC, University College, Ibadan, 1945-48 (Special Student to Study Latin, Preparatory to Law Study), Inn of Court, London, 1953-55, Chambers of Middle Temple 1958-59, Harvard Law School, Massachucetts, USA, 1962-63; called to the Bar in Lincoln's Inn, 1955; Ca reer: Appointed Pupil Crown Counsel, Northern Nigeria Government, 1956; Chief Magistrate, Northern Nigeria, 1961; ap pointed Director of Public prosecutions, Northern Nigeria, 1964; Judge, High Court, Northern Nigeria, 1966; promoted Senior Puisne Judge, North-Central (now Kaduna State) and Kwara States, 1961; acting Chief BELLO Justice of the Northern States, 1969-75; ap pointed Justice of the Supreme Court, 1975; appointed and sworn-in as Chief Justice of Nigeria, 1987; Also served short-term ap pointments: as Legal Secretary, Camerouns, under the British Mandate, 1961; Deputy Commissioner for Native Courts, 1965; Chairman, Electricity Corporation of…