NJC Recommends Appointment of one Head of Court and 27 other Judicial Officers

The National Judicial Council, at its 103rd meeting presided over by Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the underlisted names of successful candidates as head of court and other judicial officers for the Federal High Court and the Sharia Courts of Appeal of Kaduna and Kano State.

They are as follows:

1. GRAND KADI, KADUNA STATE
   Hon. Kadi Muhammad Aminu Danjuma
2. TWENTY-THREE (23) JUDGES, FEDERAL HIGH COURT
   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
   Hauwa Joeph Yilwa
   Amina Aliyu Mohammed
   Sharon Tanko Ishaya
   Chituru Joy Wigwe-Oreh
   Musa Kakaki
   Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi
   Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi
   Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu
   Salim Olasupo Ibrahim
   Dipeolu Deinde Isaac
   Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr
   Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige
   Mashkur Salisu
3. FOUR (4) KADIS, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, KANO STATE
   1) Muhammad Adam Kadem
   2) Salisu Muhammad Isa
   3) Isa Idris Sa’id
   4) Aliyu Muhammad Kani

All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective State Governors and or confirmation by their State Houses of Assembly, as the case may be.

Signed:

Soji Oye, Esq
Director, Information