Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in 12 new judges for the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday. The event, announced by Dr. Festus Akande, Director of Press and Information at the Supreme Court, will take place at 10am in the main courtroom of the Supreme Court.
Among the new judges is Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria from Oyo State, believed to be the CJN’s daughter-in-law. Also included is Lesley Nkesi Belema Wike from Rivers State, though her relation to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike remains unconfirmed. The list of judges to be sworn in also features Buetnaan Mandy Bassi (Plateau), Ademuyiwa Olakunle Oyeyipo (Kwara), Bamodu Odunayo Olutomi (Lagos), and Iheabunike Anumaenwe Godwin (Imo).
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Others include Odo Celestine Obinna (Enugu), Hauwa Lawal Gummi (Zamfara), Sarah Benjamin Inesu Avoh (Bayelsa), Maryam Iye Yusuf (Kogi), Ibrahim Tanko Munirat (Bauchi), and Abdulrahman Usman (Taraba).
