Dahiru Musdapher served as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of Kaduna State from 1976 to 1979, and as the chief judge of Kano State from 1979 to 1985.
14 Facts About Dahiru Musdapher
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Dahiru Musdapher was born on 15 July 1942 as the first and eldest son in a polygamous family of 25 children and only son of his mother to a family of Kanuri scholars in Babura, Jigawa State, Nigeria.
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Dahiru Musdapher's father was Mallam Babura Musdapher, a cleric and Islamic scholar who was a principal advisor to the head of colonial district in the Kano Native Authority before being a district head of Babura local government area in Kano State.
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In 1949, when Dahiru Musdapher was due to learn Islamic teachings in Sudan and Egypt, his aunt opposed citing his age as a barrier for long-distance travels.
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In 1950, through Mohammed Ibrahim who was the then head-boy, Dahiru Musdapher was admitted to Babura Elementary School which he left in 1953 and progressed to Birnin Kudu Middle School in 1954 and graduated in 1956 with a First School Leaving Certificate.
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Dahiru Musdapher moved to Rumfa College, Kano, for his secondary education in 1957 and graduated in 1962 with a West African School Certificate.
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Dahiru Musdapher worked briefly at the Northern Regional Ministry of Finance as a clerical officer in 1963 before proceeding to the university.
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In 1976, Dahiru Musdapher was made a member of the Body of Benchers and was a joint editor of the Law Report of Northern Nigeria from 1976 to 1979.
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In 1976 after a nomination from Umaru Abdullahi, Dahiru Musdapher was persuaded by Sani Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida to accept the position of the Attorney-General of Kaduna State; in this position, he served under three military governors: Usman Jibrin, Muktar Muhammed and Ibrahim Alfa from 1976 to 1979.
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Dahiru Musdapher was appointed as a Justice of the Nigerian Courts of Appeal in 1985 and was promoted to the Nigerian Supreme Court in 2003.
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Dahiru Musdapher was a recipient of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger in 2003 and Commander of the Federal Republic in 2010.
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Musdapher was married to Haijyya Sabwa Dahiru Musdapher and they had three children including Hadiza Dahiru Mustapha who is a magistrate and Kaloma Mustapha who serve as a media aide to Governor Badaru Abubakar.
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Dahiru Musdapher was fluent in Arabic and performed Hajj as a Muslim.
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Dahiru Musdapher died of kidney-related disease on 22 January 2018 in a hospital in London.