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Hon. Justice
BELLO
Mohammed,
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 Nige ria Commission ofInquiry, 1966: Chairman, North Central State Rehabilitation Commis sion, 1968-70; Chairman, Visitation Panels of the Universities of Ibadan and Lagos, 1971; Chairman, Kano Air Disaster Commis sion of Inquiry, 1973; Chairman, St John Council of Nigeria, 1978; Chairman, Gov erning Council, Nigerian Institute of Ad vanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos, since 1980; Chairman, Body of Benchers, 1981-82; Former Chief Justice of the Fed eral Republic ofNigeria; National Commis sioner, Sheriff Guards of Nigeria; member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; member, Commonwealth Magistrates Asso ciation; member, Harvard Law School As sociation; member, Permanent Court of Ar bitration, The Hague, The Netherlands; fel low, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies; National Honour: conferred with Commander of the Order of Niger; Honor ary Degree: awarded Honorary Doctor of Law, University of Ibadan, 1987; Doctor of Law Ahmadu Bello University; Hobbies: reading, rambling; Address: Katsina, Katsina State.
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