President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new Judges for the Federal High Court.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended the appointment of the new judges.
The new judges, according to a statement by NJC on Friday, are: Hon. Justice Yellin S. Bogoro (Bauchi), Rosemary O. Dugbo Oghoghorie (Delta), Taiwo Obayomi Taiwo (Ogun), Ibrahim Watila (Borno), Mallong Peter Hoommuk (Plateau), Isa Hamma Adama Dashen (Adamawa), Hassan Dikko (Kebbi), Jude Kanyioh Dagat (Kaduna), Olayinka Olusegun Tokode (Osun), Simon Akpah Amobeda (Kogi), Jane Egienanwan Inyang (Cross River), Daniel Emeka Osiagor (Rivers), Prof. Chuka Austine Obiozor (Anambra).
Others are, Iniekenimi Nicholas Oweib (Bayelsa), Hassan Muslim Sule (Zamfara), Hadiza Rabiu Shagari (Sokoto), Saleh Kogo Idrissa (Yobe), Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik (Edo), Hillary Ide Osho Oshomah (Edo), Fadima Murtala Aminu (Adamawa), Toyin Bolaji Adegoke (Kwara), James Kolawole Omotosho (Ogun), Nehizena Idemudia Ekunwe (Edo), Stephen Daylop Pam (Plateau), Akintayo Aluko (Ekiti), Dr. Nnamdi O. Dimgba (Abia), Emeka Nwite (Ebonyi), Abdulazeez M.Z. Anka (Zamfara), Abdu Dogo (FCT), and Adamu Turaki Muhammed (Jigawa).
Mr. Soji Oye, NJC’s Acting Director of Information, further said in the statement that the new judges will be sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on December 2.
-Vanguard
