The names of eleven justices of the Appeal Court sent to the senate for confirmation as judges of the Supreme Court has been revealed on the floor of the red chamber.
Journalist101 had reported that President Bola Tinubu has sent the names of eleven justices for screening and confirmation in a letter addressed to President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday, December 20.
The president, in the letter, said the request was in pursuant to section 231(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
He listed the justices nominated for confirmation and subsequent appointment into the nation’s apex court to include:
- Justices Jummai Sankey,
- Stephen Adah,
- Mohammed Idris
- Haruna Tsammani
- Jamilu Tukur
- Abubakar Umar
- Chidiebere Uwa
- Chioma Nwosu-Iheme
- Obande Ogbuinya
- Moore Adumein
- Habeeb Abiru
