The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola will on Wednesday, September 20 administer the oath of office on nine newly appointed Justices of the Court of Appeal.
The event which will take place at the Main Court auditorium of the Supreme Court is expected to see into office, Justices Hannatu Laja-Balogun and Binta Zubairu, both from Kaduna State, Peter Obiora from Anambra State, and Okon Abang from Akwa Ibom State.
Other Justices are Asma’u Mainoma from Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Lateef Ganiyu from Oyo State, Jane Iyang from Cross River State, Hadiza Shagari from Sokoto State and Justice Paul Bassi from Borno State.
This was contained in a statement by the Director of Press and Information, Akande Fetus who also says the Apex court has noted that one of its eminent jurists, Justice Amina Augie will formally retire from the Supreme Court Bench on Thursday, September 21, 2023 after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on Sunday, September 3, 2023.
The court stated that the valedictory court session in her honour was delayed because of the annual vacation of the Court which just ended on Friday, September 15, 2023.
Amina Augie was sworn in as Justice of Supreme Court on November 7, 2016. She graduated with Second Class Upper Division in Law from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, in 1977 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1978.
With her retirement, the number of Supreme Court Justices will be reduced to 11.
