Nana Abdullahi | |
Office: | High Court judge |
Term Start: | 2010 |
Term End: | 5 March 2014 |
Birth Date: | 1960 |
Death Date: | 2014 3, df=yes |
Citizenship: | Nigerian |
Nana Aisha Abdullahi (c. 1960 – 5 March 2014) was a Nigerian judge and lawyer. In 2010, Abdullahi became Jigawa State's first female High Court judge.[1] (Jigawa is a state located in northern Nigeria.)
Abdullahi served as the Solicitor General, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice from 2000 to 2005.[1] She was appointed to the High Court in 2010, becoming the first woman to serve as a High Court justice in Jigawa.[1] She held the post until her death in 2014.
Justice Nana Abdullahi died from an illness at a private hospital in Dutse, Jigawa, Nigeria, on 5 March 2014, aged 54.[1]