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Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Benue State; in July of 2004 he also served as a member in the Legislative House and Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal of Anambra State and also for Kogi State in October of 2004; in the same year, he served as a member for Enugu State Legislative Houses and Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
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Upon his confirmation by Kebbi State House of
Assembly on January 10, 2020; Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, sworn-in Justice Suleiman Ambursa as substantive Chief Judge of the State on 16th January 2020. Prior to his appointment, he acted as the Acting Chief Judge of the State after the retirement of the
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Sokoto in the year 1981 and was offered admission to study law. In 1985, after four years of intense scholarship, he earned and was awarded a degree in law, graduating as the overall best graduating student in the
Department of Law. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos and was called to the
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In April of 2005, he was a member of the Delta State
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Counsel to Zuru Religious Disturbances Judicial Commission of inquiry (1988), Member the Revenue Drive Committee Kebbi State (1993), Chairman in Local Government Election Petitions Tribunal Kebbi State (1997) Chairman Contract Review Panel in Kebbi State (1999),
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In August 2003 he served as a member of the
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The
Honorable Justice Ambursa served as Chief Magistrate in Jega and Birnin Kebbi from 1990-1992. He was later appointed as Secretary in the Judicial Service Commission, Kebbi state from 1992 to 1997. Justice Ambursa rose to the office of Chief Registrar and served in the High Court of Justice,
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Ambursa began his primary education in the year 1963 at the town's public primary school Ambursa where he acquired his Primary School Leaving Certificate in the year 1969 and then proceeded Government Secondary School Yawa-Yauri where he earned his Senior School Leaving Certificate from
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He also was the Chairman for the Plateau State Tribunal in April of 2011 and the Kogi State Gubernatorial Election Tribunal in December 2011 and then in July 2012 for Edo State Tribunal. He also served as the chairman of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Rivers State in 2015.
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Since assuming office as the Chief Judge of the State, he has made the speedy dispensation of Justice and prison decongestion two of his key priorities on judicial reform in the state. Honorable Justice Suleiman Mohammed Ambursa is happily married and blessed with many children.
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He also held other positions like the PTA chairman for Moh'd Suleiman Model Primary School Ambursa from 1998-2006, he currently serves as the PTA Chairman for Government Girls College Birnin Kebbi; a position he has held since 1997.
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He also held the position of the member, to Local Government Election Petition Tribunal Edo state in (1999) and Member of Legislative Houses and Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Osun state in the same (1999).
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For his tertiary education, the Honorable Justice attended the Sokoto State College (Now Shehu Shagari College of Education) from 1976-1999 and was awarded a National Certificate in Education.
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Upon his Call to the Nigerian Bar in 1986, the Honorable Judge started practicing as a Barrister and Solicitor. He first started out as a state Counsel, Ministry of Justice
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As in every aspect of his life, Justice Ambursa's diligence presented itself during his years of academia, aside from graduating as the overall best student in Law at the
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his career evolution, he held notable offices. He was onetime the Acting Director of Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice in Birnin Kebbi from 1987 – 1988.
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