Dipeolu Deinde Isaac of Ogun State, Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola of Ekiti State, Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of Lagos State, Musa Kakaki of Kaduna State, Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige of Sokoto State, and Sharon Tanko Ishaya of Kebbi State were also sworn in on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Abuja.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, swore in his son, Olukayode Jnr, and 22 other new Federal High Court judges on Wednesday morning.
Dipeolu Deinde Isaac of Ogun State, Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola of Ekiti State, Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of Lagos State, Musa Kakaki of Kaduna State, Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige of Sokoto State, and Sharon Tanko Ishaya of Kebbi State were also sworn in on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Abuja.
Others are; Salim Olasupo Ibrahim from Ogun State; Yilwa Hauwa Joseph from Gombe State; Wigwe-Oreh Chituru Joy from Rivers State; Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi from Kogi State; Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa from Benue State; Amina Aliyu Mohammad from Katsina State; Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi from Kwara State; Hauwa Buhari from Federal Capital Territory; and Aishatu Auta Ibrahim from Borno State.
Hussaini Dadan-Garba of Bauchi State, Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of Gombe State, Mashkur Salisu of Zamfara State, Onah Chigozie Sergius of Enugu State, Egbe Raphael Joshua of Bayelsa State, Ekerete Udofot Akpan of Akwa Ibom State, and Ogazi Friday Nkemakonam of Ebonyi State round out the list.
In July, the National Judicial Council (NJC) elevated Justice Ariwoola’s son to the Federal High Court, according to SaharaReporters.
This was said in a statement issued by Soji Oye, the Director of Information for the National Judicial Council (NJC).
The new judge was appointed alongside one Grand Kadi, 23 Federal High Court justices, and four Kadis of Kano’s Sharia Court of Appeal, according to the statement.
The fresh appointments, he said, were made at the end of the council’s 103rd meeting, which was held in Abuja and presided over by Justice Ariwoola.