Uwani Musa Abba Aji

Uwani Musa Abba-Aji (born 7 November 1956) is a Nigerian judge who has served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 2019.

Early life and education Uwani Musa Abba-Aji was born on 7 November 1956, in Gashua, Yobe State. She had her early education at Central Primary School Gashua in 1961 and then proceeded to Government Girls Secondary School, Maiduguri where she obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1972.

Career Abba-Aji was appointed as State Counsel in 1982. Since being appointed State Counsel, she became Acting Senior Counsel in 1984, Senior Magistrate II in 1986, Senior Magistrate I in 1987, Chief Magistrate II in 1989, Chief Magistrate I in 1991, and Chief Registrar in November 1991. On 18 December 1991, she was appointed as Judge of the High Court, making her the first Lady Judge at Yobe State Judiciary.

She was promoted to Court of Appeal on 22 September 2004. She is the President of the National Association of Women Judges and was selected as an ICPC Anticorruption Judge between 2001 and 2014. Abba-Aji was confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on 20 December 2018, and appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court on 8 January 2019.