The Acting Chief Justice of
Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed has revealed that he was sent back for
being too short in height to start school in 1960.
In his address at the red
Chambers on Wednesday while addressing Senators on his profile to be confirmed
as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, he said, by the time he came back for
enrolment in 1961, “his height has not improved.”
He further said, he was allowed
to start school despite his height challenges, when he was discovered to be
very intelligent in responses to questions put to him by the teachers.
“In 1960, I went to be enrolled
in school, but because I was too short and smallish, I was asked to go back to
return the following year. ”
“Again in 1961, I went back, but
my height had not improved, but because when they asked me, I would answer
intelligently, they now admitted me.”
President
Muhammadu Buhari in an executive communication to the Senate asked for his
confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria after six months in
acting capacity.
Justice Tanko was born in Doguwa,
in the present day Kano, North West, Nigeria in 1953 and appeared before the
Senators alongside other Justices of the Supreme Court for his confirmation.
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