Muntaka Connmassie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Kaduna State, Nigeria
About Muntaka Connmassie
- Muntaka Connmassie, CON (10 February 1946 – 12 October 2017) was a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.Justice Muntaka Connmassie initially trained as a teacher, prior to joining the legal profession; He taught Arabic and English in both Kaduna and Zaria States, retiring from the teaching profession as the principal of Provincial Arabic School in Fada, Zaria State, after a decade spent in the profession.He obtained his Law degree (LL.B) in 1976, and was called to bar, after having attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1977. He was a state counsel for the Ministry of Justice in Kwara State (1977 to 1978), and Kaduna State (1978).
- Between 1978 and 1988, he was with the High court (in Kaduna) in various capacities; initially as an associate magistrate and then as a senior magistrate, chief magistrate, deputy chief registrar, and finally as the chief registrar. Prior to joining the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2008, he was a Judge at the Court of Appeal, serving in Port Harcourt, Jos, Abuja, Ilorin, and Benin divisions. He was awarded with the Time News Magazine Nigeria merit award in 2006; He was on national assignment as a member of the Karibi Whyte Disturbance Tribunal Abuja (1986-1987). The Hon.
- Justice Muntaka Connmassie attended several workshops and seminars on sharia, and other aspects of law.
- He was a member of the Nigerian Body of Benchers. He was married and had children.
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