.None from South East
By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
Senior Correspondent
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 27 new judges for the Court of Appeal as recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
The new judges are as listed below:
1) Justice P. A. Mahmoud, Benue State.
2) Justice F. Ojo, Kwara State.
3) Justice I. G. Abundaga, Nasarawa State.
4) Justice M. B. Idris, Niger State.
5) Justice A. M. Talba, Adamawa State.
6) Justices Kadi M. M. Alkali, Adamawa State.
7) Justice A. I. Adenyangtso, Taraba State.
8) Justice A. S. Umar, Kebbi State.
9) Justice O. Z. Senchi, Kebbi State.
10) Justice A. M. Lamido, Sokoto State.
11) Justice B. B. Aliyu, Zamfara State.
12) Justice Ebowei Tobi, Delta State.
13) Justice G.O. Kolawole, Osun State.
14) Justices O. Itodo, Benue State.
15) Justice M. A. Abdul Gafar, Kwara State.
16) Justice D. D. Adeck, Nasarawa State.
17) Justice D. G. Mann, Plateau State.
18) Justice D. G. Goji, Adamawa State.
19) Justice Kadi U. B. Umar, Adamawa State.
20) Justices Y. A. Bashir, Taraba State.
21) Justice Z. B. Abubakar, Kebbi State.
22) Justice I. M. Sani, Kaduna State.
23) Justice F. L. Adamu, Kano State.
24) Justice I. B. Ahmed, Katsina State.
25) Justice M Y Uftsha’u, Zamfara State.
26) Justice P. O. Affen, Bayelsa State.
27) Justice O. A. Ipaye, Osun State.
But while awaiting details of their posting, none was picked from the five South East states of Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, and Abia.