Name Faruk Muhammad | ||
Born 15 July 1942 (age 81)
ankpa, ankpa, kogi State, Nigeria ( 1942-07-15 ) | ||
justice Faruk Imam Muhammad (born 15 July 1942 in Bida, Nigeria) was a judge at the Kogi State Judiciary from January 1990 to 2007. Prior to this appointment, he was a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, from January 1975 to September 1988. He also worked with the Kwara State Judiciary, from June 1989 to January 1990.
Early life
He was born a member of the Imam clan in Aankpa, a local government area in the north of kogi state.
The progenitor of the clan (his lordship's father), Alhaji Muhammad imam, was an Arabic scholar, a renowned and respected Islamic jurist and teacher who migrated from the bida emirate in the mid-1900s and pursued a lifelong mission of teaching and Islamic missionary work. The father settled in Ankpa Town, in Kogi State.
faruk's guirdian, sheikh yusuf abdallah – also a renowned Islamic scholar – served as a principal advisor to several District Heads across the Kogi Native Authority during the colonial era, for decades Mallam faruk teacher was the founder Arabic and Islamic Studies Centres (Mash'had then Ma'ahad) was a novel idea. The Studies in Islamic and Western Educations combined in a formal system was hitherto unknown to the area . He died in 2009 as the head of a large and respected family leaving behind over 15 children, 40 grandchildren and great-grand children. My Lord Justice faruk is the head of this family.