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Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   Justice Bello dies in Germany at 74 By Sun News Saturday, November 6, 2004   National Index Former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Bello (GCON) died Thursday in a German hospital after a protracted illness. A statement signed by Inuwa Abdul-Kadir (Magatakarde Babba) for the family said arrangements were being made to fly the body home for burial in accordance with Islamic rites. Born 1930 in Katsina, the late Bello was called to the Bar in Lincoln Inn in September 1955 and served as Chief Judge of Nigeria between 1987 and ‘95. Justice Mohammed Bello was the first northerner to become a Director of Public Prosecution, a High Court Judge, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a Chief Justice of Nigeria. After his retirement, Justice Bello became active in the promotion of tolerance, peace, harmony and understanding among Nigerians as a member of the General Purpose Committee of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Jama’atu Nasril Islam, member of the Concerned Citizens and Patron of the Arewa Consultative Forum. At professional level, Justice Bello was the chair of the Arbitration Panel of the African Development Bank and was involved in promoting alternative dispute resolutions. He is survived by two wives, thirteen children and many grand children. The late Bello was educated at Central School Katsina (1938 - 43) Middle School Katsina (1942 - 45) Special Latin student, University College, Ibadan 1945 - 48, preparatory to Law study; Inns of Court, London, 1953 - 55; Chambers of Middle Temple, 1958 - 59; Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, USA, 1962 - 63. Called to the Bar in Lincoln’s Inn, September 1955; he was Pupil Gown Counsel, Northern Nigerian Government, 1958, Chief Magistrate, Northern Nigeria 1964, judge, High Court, Northern Nigeria, 1966 Senior Puisne Judge, North-Central and Kwara States 1968; Chief Justice of the Northern States, 1969 - 75, Justice of Supreme Court, 1975; Chief Justice of Nigeria, 1987-95; legal secretary, Camerouns, under the British mandate 1961; Deputy Commissioner, Native Courts, 1965.       HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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