On Friday, the National Judicial Council recommended 23 candidates for appointment as judges of the Nigerian Federal High Court.
This was stated in a statement that Soji Oye, the Council’s Director of Information, signed on Friday in Abuja.
The 103rd meeting of the Council, which was held in Abuja under the chairmanship of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Chief Justice of Nigeria, recommended the appointments.
The NJC requested the appointment of one Kadi for Kaduna State and four additional Kadis for the Kano State Sharia Court of Appeal in addition to the 23 nominees for the Federal High Court.
Those recommended as Federal High Court Judges are Ekerete Udofot Akpan, Hussaini Dadan-Garba, Egbe Raphael Joshua, Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa, Aishatu Auta Ibrahim, Ogazi Friday Nkemakonam, Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola, Onah Chigozie Sergius, Hauwa Buhari, Ibrahim Ahmad Kala and Hauwa Joeph Yilwa. Others are Amina Aliyu Mohammed,Sharon Tanko Ishaya, Chituru Joy Wigwe-Oreh, Musa Kakaki, Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi, Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi, Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu and Salim Olasupo Ibrahim. The rest are Dipeolu Deinde Isaac, Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr, Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige and Mashkur Salisu. The NJC noted that Hon Kadi Muhammad Aminu Danjuma is to be appointed as Grand Kadi for Kaduna State. Others to be appointed as Kadis for Kano State Sharia courts are Muhammad Adam Kadem, Salisu Muhammad Isa, Isa Idris Sa’id and Aliyu Muhammad Kani. The council also recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after the approval of the NJC’s recommendations to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and their respective State Governors and confirmation by their States Houses of Assembly as the case may be.
