Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
The Director of Information for the National Judicial Council (NJC), Soji Oye, disclosed this in a press statement he issued on Saturday.
Oye indicated in the statement that, “The acting appointment takes effect from 1, August 2021.
“Hon Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf will be sworn-in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, on Monday, August 16, 2021 by 10am at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”