Amina Augie

Nigerian Jurist (born 1953)

The Honourable Amina Augie

Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office 2016–2023

Personal details
Born	Amina Adamu Augie (1953-09-03) 3 September 1953 (age 70) Kebbi State, Nigeria
Political party	Non partisian

Amina Adamu Augie (born 3 September 1953) is a Nigerian jurist and former justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and educational background

Augie was born on 3 September 1953, in Lagos, Nigeria. She has eight siblings and hails from Kebbi State in North West Nigeria.^[4] Between 1958 and 1971, she had her primary and secondary education in different schools including: Abadina School, Ibadan, Hope Waddell Primary School, Calabar, Holy Rosary Primary School, Enugu and in Kaduna at Queen Amina College from 1969–1971, all in Nigeria^[5]

After her early education, Augie enrolled at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, from 1972 to 1977 where she bagged LLB. She then attended the Nigerian Law School became a barrister and solicitor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1978. She later enrolled at the University of Lagos to obtain her LLM between 1986 and 1987 in criminology^[4]

References

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^ "Supreme Court rules on suit against Gov Ikpeazu - Daily Post Nigeria". Daily Post Nigeria. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^ "INEC strategises to overcome election challenges -". The Eagle Online. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^ ^a ^b "Pioneer African Women in Law". African Women in Law. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
^ "Supreme Court of Nigeria". supremecourt.gov.ng. Retrieved 2023-03-03.