President Bola Tinubu has sent the names of eleven justices of the Supreme Court to the Senate for confirmation.
President Tinubu’s request is contained 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
