The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola will on Wednesday, October 4, swear in a total of 23 newly appointed judges of the Federal High Court, including his son Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr.
The new judges will take the oath of office at an event slated to hold at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
A statement on Sunday by the court’s Director of Information, Dr. Festus Akande, listed the names of the new judges as Dipeolu Deinde Isaac (Ogun); Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola (Ekiti); Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu (Lagos); Musa Kakaki (Kaduna); Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige (Sokoto) and Sharon Tanko Ishaya (Kebbi).
Others are Salim Olasupo Ibrahim (Ogun); Yilwa Hauwa Joseph (Gombe); Wigwe-Oreh Chituru Joy (Rivers); Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi (Kogi); Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa (Benue); Amina Aliyu Mohammad (Katsina); Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi (Kwara); Hauwa Buhari (Federal Capital Territory) and Aishatu Auta Ibrahim (Borno).
The rest are Hussaini Dadan-Garba (Bauchi); Ibrahim Ahmad Kala (Gombe); Mashkur Salisu (Zamfara); Onah Chigozie Sergius (Enugu); Egbe Raphael Joshua (Bayelsa); Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr. (Oyo); Ekerete Udofot Akpan (Akwa Ibom) and Ogazi Friday Nkemakonam (Ebonyi).
Akande also said a valedictory court session would be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, in honour of the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court. Nweze died on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Abuja after a brief illness at the age of 64 years.
“As customary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. 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, in honour of the departed Jurist, “the statement added.
