Alfa Belgore was born on January 17, 1937,[3] to a Fulani family in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State north-central Nigeria. He attended Okesuna Primary School as well as Middle School at Ilorin before he proceeded to Ilesa Grammar School where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1956.[4][5] He received a bachelor's degree in Law in 1963 and also trained at Inner Temple for one year before he returned to Nigeria in 1964 and served magistrate in Northern Nigeria.[6] In 1986, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice. He held several positions in the judiciary before he was appointed as Chief Justice of Nigeria in July 2006, a position he held until January 2007 when he retired.[7]
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salihu, modibbo, alfa, belgore, gcon, born, january, 1937, nigerian, jurist, chief, justice, nigeria, from, 2006, 2007, gconchief, justice, nigeriain, office, june, 2006, january, 2007preceded, bymuhammad, lawal, uwaissucceeded, byidris, legbo, kutigipersonal,. Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore GCON born 17 January 1937 is a Nigerian Jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2006 to 2007 1 2 Salihu Modibbo Alfa BelgoreGCONChief Justice of NigeriaIn office 12 June 2006 17 January 2007Preceded byMuhammad Lawal UwaisSucceeded byIdris Legbo KutigiPersonal detailsBorn 1937 01 17 17 January 1937 age 86 Political partyNon partisanBiography EditAlfa Belgore was born on January 17 1937 3 to a Fulani family in Ilorin the capital of Kwara State north central Nigeria He attended Okesuna Primary School as well as Middle School at Ilorin before he proceeded to Ilesa Grammar School where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1956 4 5 He received a bachelor s degree in Law in 1963 and also trained at Inner Temple for one year before he returned to Nigeria in 1964 and served magistrate in Northern Nigeria 6 In 1986 he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice He held several positions in the judiciary before he was appointed as Chief Justice of Nigeria in July 2006 a position he held until January 2007 when he retired 7 Membership EditMember Nigerian Bar Association Member International Bar Association Member Nigerian Body of Benchers Overseas Master of the Bench Honourable Society of the Inner Temple 8 References Edit Babalola Olumide 23 March 2013 The Attorney General Chronicles and Perspectives google co uk ISBN 9789789313839 Retrieved 28 April 2015 An Na Im Abdullahi Ahmed 9 October 2013 Human Rights Under African Constitutions google co uk ISBN 978 0812201109 Retrieved 28 April 2015 BELGORE Salute to a distinguished jurist at 80 Vanguard News 2017 01 29 Retrieved 2022 03 08 Alfa Belgore courtofappeal com Archived from the original on 28 April 2015 Retrieved 28 April 2015 National Industrial Court president to preside over 5th LIM forum Vanguard News Retrieved 28 April 2015 The Gentle Alfa the Life of Modibbo Alfa Belgore allAfrica com Retrieved 28 April 2015 Confab Nigeria can t break up Belgore assures News Daily Independent Nigerian Newspaper Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 28 April 2015 Distinguished International Members of the Inner Temple Official Website of the Inner Temple Retrieved 19 August 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link This Nigerian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore amp oldid 1112051413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
