Tanko Muhammad, the new head of Nigeria’s judiciary, has said that vicious termites destroyed his primary school certificate.

Mr Muhammad said the termites invaded his home in Bauchi State in 1998 and devoured all documents inside beyond recovery.

“No portion of the certificate was salvaged,” Mr Muhammad said.

The claim was contained in an affidavit which the top jurist submitted to the Senate last week to be confirmed as the head of the Supreme Court.

The specific affidavit has been circulating on social media since Monday night, but PREMIUM TIMES has obtained additional credentials relating to Mr Muhammad’s confirmation from parliamentary sources.

Mr Muhammad swore the affidavit on February 13, 2002, while he was a judge at the Jos Division of the Court of Appeal. He became a Supreme Court judge in 2007.

President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Mr Muhammad as the Chief Justice after he controversially removed Walter Onnoghen in the lead up to the 2019 general elections.

Mr Muhammad, who spent his early years on the bench as a Sharia court judge, immediately faced allegations of age falsification.

The claims said the judge criminally altered his date of birth by three years from December 31, 1950, to December 31, 1953.

Mr Muhammad denied the allegations, and a federal judge later ruled on May 31 that the complainant had no rights to file the lawsuit.


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Food for wailers

I guess snakes do not exist anymore

richmind2019:
I guess snakes do not exist anymore

My brother , naija matter tire everybody

MONKEY-RAT-SNAKE-TERMITE(THE ECOSYSTEM IN NAIJA)

Maybe he used the certificate to wrap kilishi, for it to be so delicious that termites devoured every bit of it.

God will rescue Nigeria one day.

Hmmmm, Na so we dey see with Buhari and his cronies.
When the head doesn't have certificate, the tail cant be far from same.
Fear Certificateless North.

Rats prevented President from accessing his office

Snake swallowed money in the monkey's shadow.

Monkeys raid Senators homes to recover money from Senators

Cows are everywhere but no milk

Before all these, termites had devoured current Chief Justice's certificate.


Is Nigeria a Zoo or jungle?

lobatan oooo.. Jesus!!!

termites in Bauchi right now....

I believe this

Nigeria destiny have been terminated

naso they go dey blame animals and insects from snake monkey rat na termite no worry we go near say elephant swallow bank if you know wat i mean

Don't worry

deboysben:
Nigeria destiny have been terminated

By termites.

Say what?

OdumegwuOjukwu:
Rats prevented President from accessing his office

Snake swallowed money in the monkey's shadow.

Monkeys raid Senators homes to recover money from Senators

Cows are everywhere but no milk

Before all these, termites had devoured current Chief Justice's certificate.


Is Nigeria a Zoo or jungle?

bro i am speechless

A professor of Islamic law as Chief Judge of a secular state? Buhari sef