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Honourable Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi (GCON)
Idris Legbo Kutigi (born December 31, 1939) is a Nigerian lawyer and judge. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from January 30, 2007 until 30 December 2009.
Education
Born in Kutigi, North-Western State (now located in the Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State), Kutigi attended elementary school in that town and middle and secondary school in Bida. He then moved on to Government College (now known as Barewa College), and then to Ahmadu Bello University (both in Zaria, Kaduna State.) He left the country for England, where he studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and the Gibson and Weldon College of Law, before returning to attend the Nigerian Law School in Lagos, Lagos State.
Career
Kutigi served as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State before becoming a high court judge in 1976. He joined the Supreme Court in 1992 and served for ten years before President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him to the position of Chief Justice to succeed the outgoing Salihu Alfa Belgore. Belgore retired on January 17 and Kutigi succeeded him on January 30, after being confirmed by the Senate. On Kutigi's retirement on December 30, 2009, he swore in his successor, Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu. The President of Nigeria normally swears in the Chief Justice, but was not available due to illness.
Justice (Justice Idris Kutigi) makes book presentations on National Industrial Court of Nigeria
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi on Thursday, the 6th of December 2007, presented three publications on the National Industrial Court, now National Industrial Court of Nigeria. These are the National Industrial Court Act, 2007, which establishes the court as a superior court of record with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine labour and Industrial Relations matter in Nigeria.
The National Industrial Court Rules 2007, which prescribed the procedures for the institution and trial of suits, filling and issuance of processes, appearances amongst other; and the Digest of Judgments of the National Industrial Court, a comprehensive review of decisions of the court from 1976 to 2006 aimed at developing a labour jurisprudence for Nigeria.
The public presentation of the three publications will took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja Thursday December, 2007. References