Under the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, the acting president Prof. Yeah Osibanjo, yesterday 11th of July 2017 approved the appointment of the following 19 new judges for NIC.
The list of the new judges and their states are; 1.Targema John Iorngee (Benue),
2.Namtari Mahmood Abba (Adamawa),
3. Nweneka Gerald Ikechi (Rivers),
4. Kado Sanusi (Katsina),
5. Adeniyi Oluyinka (Ogun),
6. Abiola Adunola Adewemimo (Osun),
7. Opeloye Ogunbowale (Lagos State).
8.Essien Isaac Jeremiah (Akwa-Ibom State),
9. Elizabeth Ama Oji (Ebonyi State),
10.Arowosegbe Olukayode Ojo (Ondo State), 11.Ogbuanya Chukwuneta (Enugu State),
12. Bashir Zaynab Mohammed (Niger State), 13.Galadima Ibrahim Suleiman (Nasarawa State), 14. Bassi Paul Ahmed (Borno State)
15. Danjidda Salisu Hamisu (Kano State),
16. Hamman Idi Polycarp (Taraba State),
17. Damulak Kiyersohot Dashe (Plateau state)
18. Alkali Bashar Attahiru (Sokoto State) and
19.Mustapha Tijjani (Jigawa).
19.Mustapha Tijjani (Jigawa).
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen GCON who is equally the Chairman of the NJC, will swear in the new Judges on July 14 at the ceremonial Court of the Supreme Court of Nigeria by 3:pm.
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