CJN set to inaugurate 23 judges for Fed High Court.

CJN set to inaugurate 23 judges for Fed High Court.

The Supreme Court has concluded plans for the inauguration of 23 new judges for the Federal High Court.

The court’s spokesman, Dr. Festus Akande, announced that the event, which will hold on October 4, will be performed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

Akande also said the apex court is planning a valedictory court session on October 10 in honour of the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze.

The new High Court judges, according to Akande, include: Dipeolu Deinde Isaac (Ogun State), 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).

Also included 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). 

The statement added: “A valedictory court session will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, in honour of the late Justice Chima Centus Nweze at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court at 10 a.m.

“As customary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, 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 (NBA), in honour of the departed jurist.

"Justice C. C. Nweze died on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Abuja after a brief illness at the age of 64 years.

“He was sworn in as Justice of Supreme Court on October 29, 2014. He was born in Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on September 25, 1958.

“He attended St. John Cross Seminary, Nsukka from 1972 to 1977, emerging with a Distinction in the West African School Certificate Examination.

“He gained admission into University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in 1979 where he graduated with a Degree in Law in 1983.

“In the same year, he represented the Law Faculty and, indeed, all Nigerian Law Faculties, at the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, as the Chief Oraclist.

“His Lordship did his NYSC between 1984 and 1985 in Bauchi, after being called to the Nigerian Bar in 1984. He equally had his Doctorate Degree in Law from the same University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.”