The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed 23 Judges of the Federal High Court on Wednesday.
A statement by the Court’s Director of Press and Information on Sunday, Dr Festus Akande, said the judges are to be inaugurated at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court at 11 am.
The new judges include Dipeolu Deinde Isaac (Ogun State); Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola (Ekiti State); Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu (Lagos State); Musa Kakaki (Kaduna State); Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige (Sokoto State); and Sharon Tanko Ishaya (Kebbi State).
They also include Salim Olasupo Ibrahim (Ogun State); Yilwa Hauwa Joseph (Gombe State); Wigwe-Oreh Chituru Joy (Rivers State); Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi (Kogi State); Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa (Benue State); Amina Aliyu Mohammad (Katsina State); Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi (Kwara State); Hauwa Buhari (Federal Capital Territory); and Aishatu Auta Ibrahim (Borno State).
The others are Hussaini Dadan-Garba (Bauchi State); Ibrahim Ahmad Kala (Gombe State); Mashkur Salisu (Zamfara State); Onah Chigozie Sergius (Enugu State); Egbe Raphael Joshua (Bayelsa State); Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr. (Oyo State); Ekerete Udofot Akpan (Akwa Ibom State); and Ogazi Friday Nkemakonam (Ebonyi State).
The apex court says the judges are to be inaugurated at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court at 11 am.
Also, a valedictory court session will be held on Tuesday, October 10, in honor of the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court at 10 a.m.
As customary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will preside over the session which will, among other things, feature the presentation of tributes by the Hon. 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 (NBA), in honour of the departed jurist.
“…Justice C. C. Nweze died on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Abuja after a brief illness at the age of 64 years.
“He was sworn in as Justice of Supreme Court on October 29, 2014. He was born in Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on September 25, 1958.
“He attended St. John Cross Seminary, Nsukka from 1972 to 1977, emerging with a Distinction in the West African School Certificate Examination.
“He gained admission into the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in 1979 where he graduated with a Degree in Law in 1983.
“In the same year, he represented the Law Faculty and, indeed, all Nigerian Law Faculties, at the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, as the Chief Oraclist.
“His Lordship did his NYSC between 1984 and 1985 in Bauchi, after being called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984. He equally had his Doctorate Degree in Law from the same University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.”