Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR, has been recommended by the National Judicial Council NJC to President Bols Tinubu for appointment as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria.
This recommendation was made during NJC’s 106th Meeting held on 14 and 15 August 2024 presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON.
Director, Information, NJC, Soji Oye, who made this known in a statement said, “This is imperative as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, will formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week Thursday on 22 August 2024.”
The meeting also recommended twenty-seven (27) candidates for appointment as Judges of States Courts and a candidate for appointment as Kadi of the Sharia Court of the FCT, Abuja, Mr Oye said.
Below is the detail of the CJN’s recommendation:
CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA
1. Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR
SIX JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF KWARA STATE
1. Olawoyin, Ibijoke Olabisi
2. Abdulrazaq, Fatimah Funsho
3. Folorunsho, Oba Muritala
4. Dikko, Yusuf Adebayo
5. Adeniyi, Oluwatosin Adenike
6. Osuolale-Ajayi, Temitope Olalekan
ONE JUDGE, HIGH COURT OF KADUNA STATE
7. Ubairu, Murtala Ja’afaru
FOUR JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF BENUE STATE
8. Kor, Vincent Tersoo
9. Ikwulono, Maigida Maimuna
10. Adagba, Nguhemen Julie
11. Tor, Damian Tersugh
TWO JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, BENUE STATE
12. Onche, Ogah Inalegwu
13 Igba, Theophilus Terhile
EIGHT JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF RIVERS STATE
14. Onyiri, Frank
15. Ugoji, Victor Chinedum
16. Obomanu, Godswill Vidal
17. Oguguo, Rita Chituru
18. Fubara, Alatuwo Elkanah
19. Kokpan, Bariyima Sylvester
20. Obu, Ibietela Innocent Madighi
21. Wifa-Adedipe, Lesi
SIX JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF ONDO STATE
22. Daomi, Williams Adebisi
23. Fabuluje, Adewumi William
24. Ogunwumiju, Mobayonle, Idowu
25. Demehin-Ogunbayo, Inumidun Happiness
26. Kpemi, Ojufisintei Justinah
27. Adegoroye, Olufunke Adeola
ONE KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, FCT ABUJA
28. Muhammad, Lawal Munir
