Tinubu Transmits Names Of Supreme Court Justices To Senate For Screening

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the names of eleven justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio made this known while reading a letter sent to the Senate on the floor of the Red Chamber on Wednesday.

It would be recalled that the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola had in October revealed that the Supreme Court is now having the lowest number of Justices in its history.

According to him, the Apex Court has only 10 Justices on its bench to tackle the heavy workload of pending cases.

Justice Ariwoola spoke on the occasion of the retirement of Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed who today attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.

The CJN however assured that efforts are on top gear to elevate a sizeable Justices to the bench of the Court.

“With Justices Musa Dattijo leaving us today after the retirement of Hon. Justice Adamu Amina Augie a few weeks ago, we are now left with just 10 Justices on the Supreme Court Bench; being the lowest we have ever had in contemporary history of the Court.

“However, I can confidently assure all the litigant public that efforts are in top gear to get on board a sizeable number of Justices to boost our rank and complement the tremendous effort we have been investing in the business of the Court.

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