Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC), on Friday, recommended 23 nominees for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria.
Those who made the list include Kayode Ariwoola Jnr, son of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, according to a statement from council spokesman Soyi Oje on Friday night.
The recommendation for the appointments was made at the 103rd meeting of the council presided over by the (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
The new Federal High Court judges are, Kayode Ariwoola Jnr, 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 include Dipeolu Deinde Isaac, Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige, Mashkur Salisu, 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.