| Mahmud Mohammed | |
| Honorific Suffix: | GCON CON OFR |
| Office1: | Chief Justice of Nigeria |
| Term Start1: | November 2014 |
| Term End1: | 10 November 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Aloma Mariam Mukhtar |
| Successor1: | Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen |
| Birth Date: | 1946 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Jalingo, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria) |
| Party: | Non-partisian |
Mahmud Mohammed (born 10 November 1946) is a Nigerian jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2014 to 2016.[1] [2] [3]
Justice Mohammed was born on November 10, 1946, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, northeastern Nigeria.[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree at Ahmadu Bello University in 1970 and was called to the Nigerian bar, the same year he graduated from the Nigerian Law School.[5]
He joined the services of the Ministries of Justice of the defunct North-eastern state as a barrister and in 1991, he became the acting Chief judge of Taraba State, the same year his appointment was confirmed as the Chief Judge of the state.[6] In 2005, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice.[7] In November 2014, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Nigeria to succeed Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the first female Justice of Nigeria.[8] Justice Mahmud Mohammed is currently the Chairman of the National Judicial Council.[4]