NAME IN FULL Shettima Ahmed Mukhtar Liberty (OFR)
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Maiduguri
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Maiduguri Metropolitan
STATE OF ORIGIN Borno
MARITAL STATUS Married with children

SCHOOLS ATTENDED WITH DATES:
(a) Yerwa Central Elementary School, Maiduguri 1944-1947
(b) Borno Middle School, Maiduguri 1948-1950
(c) Barewa College, Zaira 1951-1956

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED WITH DATES:
Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria 1957 -1959
Inns of Court School of Law, London 1960-1963
Nigerian Law School, Lagos March - June 1964
Pioneer Course for Legal Officers from Overseas in London October 1964 to March 1965.
French Course for Serving Officers at the Staff Dev. Centre, Kaduna June to December, 1965. r
Called to the English Bar 23rd November, 1963
Attended Chambers for six month in the U.K October, 1963 to March 1964.
Admitted to Practice July 1964

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS HELD
1. Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice Kaduna, Northern Nigeria July 1964
2. State Counsel, Northern Nigeria 1966
3. Senior State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, North Eastern State 1969
4. Ag. D.P.P. North Eastern State, 1970
5. Deputy' Director of Public Prosecutions North Eastern State , 1970 and continued to act as D.P.P.
6. Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice,
North - Eastern State 1972 and continued also as D.P.P.
7. Attorney - General and Commissioner for Justice,
North Eastern State November 1975

8. Attorney - General and Commissioner of Justice of Borno State 1976 to December 1979
9. Voluntary retired from the services of the Borno State Government 31st December 1979.

LAW PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE 43 Years

CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Borno Polo Club
Borno Race Club
Trustee, Lake Chad Club, Maiduguri
Trustee, Golf Club, Maiduguri.
Trustee, Kanem-Borno Cultural and Historical Foundation
Member of over twenty bodies at the Community, State and Federal levels

NATIONAL HONOUR
Awarded National Honour as ‘Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR) in December 2006

HOBBIES
Reading, Horse riding and Indoor games





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