HON.GRAND KADI ABDULLAHI MAIKANO USMAN –was born 13 August, 1959, into the family of Chief Imam of Gombe and hails from Gombe Local Government, he stared his informal and formal Educations as far back from 1969 also Tudu- Wada primary school from1966-1972, Government Arabic Teachers College, Gombe from 1972-1979, then Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1982-1985 Law school Lagos in 1989,

Grand Khadi Maikano- stared his working career as Class Teacher in 19977 to 1979 from 1979 he moved to the High Court Bauchi as Registrar and rose to the post of senior state counsel 11 in 1986, He was appointed as Chief Registrar Sharia Court of Appeal Gombe State from 1996 and later Elevated to the Bench as a Kadi of Gombe state Sharia Court of Appeal from 1999, his lordship rose to Grand Kadi of Gombe State Sharia Court Appeal from January, 2014 to date,

His lordship served in various capacities National and state both Legal and General Duties, he attendants many seminar/ workshops and conferences both national and internationals