Bolaji Owasanoye
Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN | |
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Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC | |
Assumed office December 2023 | |
President | Bola Ahmed Tinubu |
Preceded by | Bolaji Owasanoye |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation | Lawyer human rights activist |
Awards | University of Lagos Scholarship Award (1986/1987), UN Institute for Training and Research Fellowship Award (1991, 1994), US Information Service International Visitors Award (1991), British Council Fellowship Award (1992), Senior Special Fellowship, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2001). |
Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN is a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, an anticorruption agency in Nigeria.[1]Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN (Chairman) – ICPC[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN is an indigene of Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. He graduated from Bayero University, Kano in 2003 with a degree in law and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2004. He also obtained a master's degree in Law in 2011 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.[1]
Career
[edit]Dr. Aliyu obtained his LL.B degree from Bayero University Kano in 2003, an LL.M Degree in Islamic Law in 2011 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a PhD degree in 2019 at the School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
.[1]He served as the Vice-Chairman of the NBA, Kano Branch from 2016-2017.
He was appointed as the Jigawa State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice by the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, on September 30, 2019.
Dr. Aliyu started his career as a lawyer at AKI P.A. and Company in Gombe State and later moved to A.A. Umar & Co. in Kano, which was established by the late Aliyu Umar SAN.
[2]Apart from being a legal luminary, Dr. Aliyu is also a philanthropist who has provided many services to his community.
In 1997, he co-founded the Human Development Initiative (HDI), a non-profit organisation.[1]