Hon. Justice Amina Augie, CON
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Justice Amina Augie was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice in Nigeria on November 7, 2016, making her the sixth woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in Nigeria, the highest court in the country.
Augie’s illustrious career started in legal work as Legal Aid Counsel in the Sokoto State Legal Aid Council in 1978 where she became the Head of the Legal Aid Council between August 1979 and December 1979.
In 1988, Augie’s judicial career began, and she gradually progressed through the ranks. She was first appointed as a Chief Magistrate in the Sokoto State Judiciary. She held this position for four years until she was appointed as Judge of the High Court in 1992, which she held until she was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2002. As a Justice of the Court of Appeal, she served in various divisions over fourteen years and rose to become Presiding Justice, the highest position in the court at the time. Her commitment to justice and her diligence are clear and prove to be good reasons for why her career continued to advance. She also chaired various tribunals in the course of her career. These tribunals were set up to perform those judiciary functions that belonged to the courts, with the power to apply stiffer penalties for offences that were already recognized by the law.
Augie also served on numerous national and international committees. Her various engagements demonstrate her openness to exploring different aspects of the law and its practice and her commitment to the advocacy of human rights and women’s rights. She was honored by the International Association of Women Judges (Africa Region) in 2005 and the Lagos State Judiciary in 2016.
She was also certified as a Fellow by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nigeria and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. She was conferred with the prestigious National Honors of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), a significant national award bestowed on all Supreme Court Justices.
Augie had a genuine passion for academia by participating in several international conferences and seminars of women judges in different countries across the globe. Additionally, she has authored and published over seventy conference papers, articles, and book chapters on various aspects of the law with a focus on human rights.
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