Dr Abubakar Mohammed Bokani

Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria

2 Publications

Biography

Dr. Abubakar Mohammed Bokani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria , where he teaches courses including Law of Contract , Equity & Trusts , and Law for Engineers. His research focuses on land law , real property , trusts , constitutional law , and gender and the law.
Dr. Bokani has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals , such as the ABU Law Journal , the Journal of Private and Comparative Law , and the UNIZIK Law Journal. He is an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers. At ABU, he serves as the Coordinator of the A.B.U. Law Clinic and is the Secretary of the Editorial Boards for both the ABU Law Journal and the Journal of Private and Comparative Law.
Before beginning his teaching career in 2017 , he worked as a Legal Practitioner at Ibrahim Ndamitso & Co. and Ndagi Musa &Co. in Minna , and as a Pupil Counsel at G. Hassan & Co. Dr. Bokani earned his Ph.D (2023) , LL.M (2016) , and LL.B (Sharia) (2009) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He received his B.L. from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja (2010).

Publications 2

Research Article Vol. 43, Issue 2

CONCEPT OF TRUST AND ALIENATION OF RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY UNDER THE LAND USE ACT, 1978: IS CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CREATION OF TRUST

Abubakar Mohammed Bokani^*

The article examined the provisions of sections 21 and 22 of the Land Use Act, 1978 which provides for consent of the local government or Governor to alienation of Customary Right of Occupancy or Statutory Right of Occupancy respectively. The provisions of the aforementioned sections clearly lay out methods of alienations of right of occupancy for ...

Sep, 2025 Vol. 43, Issue 2

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Research Article Vol. 42, Issue 2

AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND LAND USE ACT, 1978: TRAVESTY OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM?

Abubakar Mohammed Bokani^*

The Land Use Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) vested most lands in each state of the federation in the Governor of each state. To achieve the objectives of the Act, it was promulgated and entrenched in the 1999 Constitution. However, some inconsistencies and contradictions have arisen from the entrenchment of the Act in the Constitu...

Nov, 2024 Vol. 42, Issue 2

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