CJN Tanko Muhmmad died just three and a half years after his resignation from office in 2022.

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed confirmed the death in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado.

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has expressed sorrow over the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, describing

Justice Tanko, who held sway as the CJN from 2019 until his abrupt resignation in 2022, reportedly died in a hospital in Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 71.

The Nigerian Bar Association has expressed sadness over the death of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Justice Muhammad died

Justice Tanko Muhammad died in the early hours of Tuesday, 16 December 2025, a few weeks before his 72nd birthday.