BREAKING NEWS: CJN Ariwoola to swear in daughter-in-law as judge of FCT High Court

On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, would install 12 judges into the Federal Capital Territory’s High Court.

Channels Television reports that Dr. Festus Akande, the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.

The event is set to begin at 10 a.m. in the supreme court’s Main Courtroom.

Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria, the CJN’s daughter-in-law, is one of the 12 justices who will be sworn in.

Here is the full list of all 12 judges:

1.Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria (Oyo State)
2.Ademuyiwa Olakunle Oyeyipo (Kwara State)
3.Bamodu Odunayo Olutomi (Lagos State)
4.Iheabunike Anumaenwe Godwin (Imo State)
5.Odo Celestine Obinna (Enugu State)
6.Hauwa Lawal Gummi (Zamfara State)
7.Sarah Benjamin Inesu Avoh (Bayelsa State)
8.Maryam Iye Yusuf (Kogi State)
9.Buetnaan Mandy Bassi (Plateau State)
10.Lesley Nkesi Belema Wike (Rivers State)
11.Ibrahim Tanko Munirat (Bauchi State)
12.Abdulrahman Usman (Taraba State)

Recall that on May 17, 2024, the National Judicial Council recommended a total of 86 judicial officers for appointment into federal and state courts across the country.

The recommendations were made by the council’s Interview Committee on Appointment of Judicial Officers of all Superior Courts of Record in Nigeria, during the NJC’s 105th plenary meeting held between May 15 and 16, 2024.

This was according to a statement issued by the council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye.