By Vivian Micheal, Abuja
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Sunday, announced that Justice Abdu Aboki will bow out of the Apex court’s bench after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.
Justice Aboki clocked 70 years, on August 5, 2022, but the valedictory court session could not hold then due to the annual vacation of the court.
However, the Supreme Court said the valedictory court session will now hold on Thursday, September 15, 2022.
Aboki was sworn in as Justice of the Supreme Court with seven others on November 6, 2020.
He spent a year and eight months on the Supreme Court’s bench.
Born on 5th August 1952 in the commercial city of Kano, Aboki had his primary and secondary education in Kano state before proceeding to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied Law.
Upon his graduation in 1976, he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School in Victoria Island, Lagos; and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1977.
Justice Aboki was appointed a High Court Judge in Kano state Judiciary in 1987, elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2006; from where he came to Supreme Court in 2020.
He had served in different capacities in many committees at different levels of courts in the course of his career and had equally attended several conferences and workshops where he presented scholarly papers within and outside the country.
A statement by the Director, Press and Information, Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande said, the valedictory court session will commence by 10:00 am at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court.