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Former Kaduna Chief Judge, Justice Tanimu Zailani is Dead

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A former Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Justice Tanimu Zailani has died in his home town of Rigachikun, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Sunday morning.

Zailani who was the Chief Judge of the High Court of Kaduna state from 2013 to 2018, was buried, amidst a high turn out of mourners on. Sunday afternoon in Rigachikun, some few kilometers to Kaduna metropolis.

Sources said the legal luminary passed on after a brief illness, in the early hours of Sunday, surrounded by family members.

A title holder, Ubangarin Rigachikun, in terse statement, confirmed the death of Zailani and prayed to Almighty Allah for the repose of his soul.

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