Former Court of Appeal President, Nasir is dead | Nairalaw

A former President of Court of Appeal and Galadiman Katsina,
Justice Mamman Nasir has died this afternoon after a brief illness
at the Federal Medical Center, Katsina.

Confirming the death, the secretary of Katsina Emirate Council,
Bello Ifo said the deceased’s funeral prayer is slated for 4.30 pm
at his palace in Malumfashi.

Late Nasir, until his death, was the District head of
Malumfashi.

According to his Biography on Wikipedia, Justice Nasir was born
in 1929 in Katsina State, Northern Nigeria.

He attended Kaduna College where he obtained the West Africa
School Certificate in 1947 and later attended the University of
Ibadan, where he obtained a certificate in Latin.

He proceeded to the Council of Legal Education where he received
a bachelor’s degree in Law in 1956, the same year he was called to
the bar, Lincoln’s Inn.

Nasir returned to Nigeria in 1956 and was appointed a Crown
Counsel.

In 1961, he was appointed as Minister of Justice, Northern
Nigeria, a position he held for five years before he became the
Director of Public Prosecution, Northern Region in 1967, the same
year he was appointed Solicitor General, North Central State.

He held this position for seven years before he was appointed to
the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice in 1975.

In 1978, he was appointed as President of the Nigerian courts of
appeals, a position he held until he retired in 1992 to ascend the
throne of Galadima of Katsina and was turbaned on May 9, 1992.