Justice Kafarati Biography, Age, Career and Death

Justice Abdul Kafarati is a Nigerian Lawyer and a former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Nigeria. He is popular for giving the court order proscribing Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Kafarati was born on 25th July 1954 in Kwami, Gombe State.

Justice Kafarati Profile

Name	Justice Kafarati
Real Name	Justice Abdul Kafarati
Date of Birth	25th July 1954
Age	67 years (2021)
State of Origin	Gombe, Nigeria
Tribe	–
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Muslim
Known for	Chief Judge Federal High Court
Net Worth	$-

Career

Justice Abdul Kafarati was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979.

Before his appointment as a Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, he once served as the Attorney General of Bauchi State.

In October 1991, he was appointed to Federal High Court Bench.

In October 2017, Kafarati was appointed Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and was confirmed by the Nigerian senate in June, 2018.

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Kafarati retired from the Nigerian Civil Service in July 2019 after attaining mandatory statutory retirement age of 65 years.

Proscription of IPOB

In January 2018, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja affirmed the proscription of IPOB. Justice Kafarati while affirming the proscription designated it as a terrorist group upon an ex parte application by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

Personal life

Justice Kafarati is married with children. He is a Muslim

Death

Justice Kafarati died on 25th February, 2021 of cardiac arrest. He died at the age of 67 after observing the Magrib Salat in his residence in Abuja