The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 11 Supreme Court Justices, one Justice of the Court of Appeal, six Heads of Courts, and 26 other judicial officers.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
Oye noted that the NJC made the recommendation after considering the list of candidates presented by its interview committee at the council’s 104th meeting on Wednesday.
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See the full list of the recommended Justices below:
ELEVEN JUSTICES, SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA
ONE JUSTICE, COURT OF APPEAL
Hon. Justice Mohammed Ahmed Ramat
CHIEF JUDGE TARABA STATE
Hon. Justice Joel Filibus Agya
CHIEF JUDGE, KEBBI STATE
Hon. Justice Umar Abubakar
GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, KEBBI STATE
Hon. Kadi Sadiq Usman Mukhtar
PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, OGUN STATE
Hon. Justice A. O. Femi-Segun
PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, TARABA STATE
Hon. Justice Alfred Yakubu
PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, OYO STATE
Hon. Justice Tajudeen M. Abdulganiyu
ONE HIGH COURT JUDGE, BAYELSA STATE
Amaebi Ibomo Orukari
ONE HIGH COURT JUDGE, OGUN STATE
Akinyemi Martins Ayodele
THREE HIGH COURT JUDGES, CROSS RIVER STATE
THREE KADIS, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, ZAMFARA STATE
TWO KADIS, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, NASARAWA STATE
NINE HIGH COURT JUDGES, KANO STATE;
ONE JUDGE, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, BAYELSA STATE
Opokuma David Lawrence
FOUR HIGH COURT JUDGES, NASARAWA STATE
TWO JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, OGUN STATE
Oye added: “All recommended candidates to the Supreme Court Bench would be sworn-in after the approval of their recommendation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and the subsequent confirmation of their appointment by the Senate.
“The various Heads of Court recommended would also be sworn-in upon the approval of their appointment by their various State Governors and subsequent confirmation of same by their respective State Houses of Assembly.”
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