Muntaka Connmassie


Muntaka Connmassie, CON was a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Justice Muntaka Connmassie initially trained as a teacher, prior to joining the legal profession; He taught Arabic and English in both Kaduna and Zaria States, retiring from the teaching profession as the principal of Provincial Arabic School in Fada, Zaria State, after a decade spent in the profession.
He obtained his law degree in 1976, and was called to bar, after having attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1977.
He was a state counsel for the Ministry of Justice in Kwara State, and Kaduna State. Between 1978 and 1988, he was with the High court in various capacities; initially as an associate magistrate and then as a senior magistrate, chief magistrate, deputy chief registrar, and finally as the chief registrar.
Prior to joining the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2008, he was a Judge at the Court of Appeal, serving in Port Harcourt, Jos, Abuja, Ilorin, and Benin divisions.
He was awarded with the Time News Magazine Nigeria merit award in 2006; He was on national assignment as a member of the Karibi Whyte Disturbance Tribunal Abuja.
The Hon. Justice Muntaka Connmassie attended several workshops and seminars on sharia, and other aspects of law. He was a member of the Nigerian Body of Benchers.
He was married and had children.

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