CJN TO INAUGURATE 23 NEW JUSTICES OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT TOMORROW 02-10-23
By Sadiq Aminu The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will tomorrow, swear-in the newly appointed 23 Judges of the Federal High Court.
A statement by the Court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande says the Judges will be inaugurated at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court of Nigeria at 11am.
The new Judges are: Dipeolu Isaac from Ogun State; Ogundare Olayiwola from Ekiti State; Agbaje Adetutu from Lagos State; Musa Kakaki from Kaduna State; Abdullahi Dan-Ige from Sokoto State; and Sharon Ishaya from Kebbi State.
Others are Salim Ibrahim from Ogun State; Yilwa Joseph from Gombe State; Wigwe-Oreh Chituru from Rivers State; Owoeye Oluseyi from Kogi State; Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa from Benue State; Amina Mohammad from Katsina State; Abiodun Adeyemi from Kwara State; Hauwa Buhari from Federal Capital Territory; and Aishatu Ibrahim from Borno State.
The rest are Hussaini Dadan-Garba from Bauchi State; Ibrahim Kala from Gombe State; Mashkur Salisu from Zamfara State; Onah Sergius from Enugu State; Egbe Joshua from Bayelsa State; Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr. from Oyo State; Ekerete Akpan from Akwa Ibom State; and Ogazi Nkemakonam from Ebonyi State.
Also, a valedictory Court session will be held on the 10th of this month, in honour of the late Justice Centus Nweze at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court at 10am.
As customary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria will preside over the session which will, among other things, feature the presentation of tributes by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chairman of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, and President of the Nigerian Bar Association, in honour of the departed Jurist.
Justice Nweze had died on the 29th of July, 2023 in Abuja after a brief illness at the age of 64 years.
He was sworn-in as Justice of the Supreme Court on 29th October, 2014. He was born in Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on 25th September, 1958.