A. I. Katsina-Alu

Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu
12th Chief Justice of Nigeria
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 December 2009
Preceded by Idris Legbo Kutigi
Personal details
Born 28 August 1941 (1941-08-28) (age 70)
Ushongo, Benue State, Nigeria

Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu (born 28 August 1941) is a justice on the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He is from Ushongo in what is now Benue State. Katsina-Alu has been a member of the court since 1998.[1]

He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Wednesday 30 December 2009 by his predecessor as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Idris Legbo Kutigi. There was some controversy over the ceremony, since in all previous ceremonies the Oath of Office was administered by the President of Nigeria. However, President Umaru Yar'Adua was unavailable on account of ill health since November 2009, and had failed to hand over to his Vice President.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hon. Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu". Scn.gov.ng. Supreme Court of Nigeria. http://www.scn.gov.ng/portal/detail.php?link=katsina. Retrieved 2007-08-03. 
  2. ^ Mike Ozekhome (1 February 2010). "That Oath By Katsina-Alu". ThisDay. http://allafrica.com/stories/201002020807.html. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
Chief Justice: A. I. Katsina-Alu
Associate Justices: Sylvester Umaru Onu • F. F. Tabai • Niki Tobi • Dahiru Musdapher • G. A. Oguntade • Sunday A. Akintan • A. M. Mukhtar • Mahmud Mohammed • Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen • Ikechi Francis Ogbuagu • Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad • Pius Olayiwola Aderemi • Christopher Michael Chukwuma-Eneh
Stafford Foster-Sutton† • Adetokunbo Ademola • Taslim Olawale Elias • Darnley Arthur Alexander • Atanda Fatai Williams • George Sodeinde Sowemimo • Ayo Gabriel Irikefe • Mohammed Bello • Mohammed Uwais • Alfa Belgore • Idris Legbo Kutigi • A. I. Katsina-Alu
† = non-indigenous