Full List: NJC Recommends Appointment of 23 Judges to President Tinubu

On Friday, the National Judicial Council made 23 candidates for nomination as Nigeria’s Federal High Court judges.

The Council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, made this announcement in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

At its 103rd meeting, held in Abuja under the chairmanship of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Council recommended the appointments.

In addition to the 23 candidates for the Federal High Court, the NJC sought the appointment of one Kadi for Kaduna State and four additional Kadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal for Kano State.

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.