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    Home » National Judicial Council Endorses Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun For Chief Justice Appointment
    2 Mins ReadAugust 15, 2024

    National Judicial Council Endorses Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun For Chief Justice Appointment

    By Amina MohammedAugust 15, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The National Judicial Council has recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to be the next Chief Justice of Nigeria.

    The recommendation was made in its 106th meeting, which was presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who recommended Justice Kekere-Ekun, to President Bola Tinubu, for appointment as the next CJN on Thursday in Abuja.

    This was contained in a statement by the NJC director of information, Soji Oye.

    He said, “This is imperative as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week Thursday, August 22, 2024.”

    If approved by the president, Justice Kekere-Ekun will become the second female CJN in Nigeria, the first being Justice Mariam Mukhtar, who held the position from July 2012 to November 2014.

    The outgoing CJN, Ariwoola, will bow out of the bench on August 22, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70.

    NJC also made the recommendations of 27 others as judges of state high courts in the meeting, which will be forwarded to their various state governors and the president for approval.

    “The Council also recommends twenty-seven (27) candidates for appointment as judges of state courts and a candidate for appointment as Kadi of the Sharia Court of the FCT, Abuja, to their various state governors and Mr President.”

    All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective state governors.

    Here is a full list of others recommended as judges of state courts:

    SIX JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF KWARA STATE

    Olawoyin, Ibijoke Olabisi
    Abdulrazaq, Fatimah Funsho
    Folorunsho, Oba Muritala
    Dikko, Yusuf Adebayo
    Adeniyi, Oluwatosin Adenike
    Osuolale-Ajayi, Temitope Olalekan

    ONE JUDGE, HIGH COURT OF KADUNA STATE

    Zubairu, Murtala Ja’afaru

    FOUR JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF BENUE STATE

    Kor, Vincent Tersoo
    Ikwulono, Maigida Maimuna
    Adagba, Nguhemen Julie
    Tor, Damian Tersugh

    TWO JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, BENUE STATE

    Onche, Ogah Inalegwu
    Igba, Theophilus Terhile

    EIGHT JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF RIVERS STATE

    Onyiri, Frank
    Ugoji, Victor Chinedum
    Obomanu, Godswill Vidal
    Oguguo, Rita Chituru
    Fubara, Alatuwo Elkanah
    Kokpan, Bariyima Sylvester
    Obu, Ibietela Innocent Madighi
    Wifa-Adedipe, Lesi

    SIX JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF ONDO STATE

    Daomi, Williams Adebisi
    Fabuluje, Adewumi William
    Ogunwumiju, Mobayonle Idowu
    Demehin-Ogunbayo, Inumidun Happiness
    Kpemi, Ojufisintei Justinah
    Adegoroye, Olufunke Adeola

    ONE KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, FCT ABUJA

    Muhammad, Lawal Munir

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