NJC Recommends CJN’s Son, 26 Others For Appointment As Judges

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of the son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and 26 other lawyers for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court and Sharia Courts of Appeal of Kaduna and Kano states.

Also recommended for appointment is Kadi Muhammad Aminu Danjuma, as the Grand Kadi, Kaduna State. NJC’s spokesman, Soji Oye, in a statement on Friday, said the recommendations were made at the council’s 103rd meeting presided over by the CJN.

The CJN’s son, Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr, who currently practices law in Abuja, is among those recommended for the Federal High Court.

Others 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 and Hauwa Buhari.

Others are Ibrahim Ahmad Kala, Hauwa Joeph Yilwa, Amina Aliyu Mohammed, Sharon Tanko Ishaya, Chituru Joy Wigwe-Oreh, Musa Kakaki, Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi, Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi, Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu, Salim Olasupo Ibrahim, Dipeolu Deinde Isaac, Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige and Mashkur Salisu.

Those recommended for appointment for the Sharia Courts of Appeal of Kano and Kaduna are Muhammad Adam Kadem, Salisu Muhammad Isa, Isa Idris Sa’id and Aliyu Muhammad Kani.

Oye added: “All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective state Governors and or confirmation by their State Houses of Assembly, as the case may be.”