JUST IN: Osinbajo approves 19 judges for National Industrial Court

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the
appointment of 19 judges for the National Industrial Court.

The approval by the Acting President was based on the
recommendation made to him by the National Judicial Council.

A statement by the NJC’s Director of Information, Mr.
Soji Oye, disclosing this on Tuesday, said the new judges appointed
from 19 states of the federation would be sworn-in on
Friday.

The newly appointed judges with their states of origin are, Targema
John Iorngee (Benue), Namtari Mahmood Abba (Adamawa), Nweneka
Gerald Ikechi (Rivers), Kado Sanusi (Katsina), Adeniyi Sinmisola
Oluyinka (Ogun), Abiola Adunola Adewemimo (Osun) Opeloye Ogunbowale
(Lagos), Essien Isaac Jeremiah (Akwa-Ibom) and Elizabeth Ama Oji
(Ebonyi) .

Others are, Arowosegbe Olukayode Ojo (Ondo), Ogbuanya Nelson S.
Chukwudi (Enugu), Bashir Zaynab Mohammed (Niger), Galadima Ibrahim
Suleiman (Nasarawa), Bassi Paul Ahmed (Borno), Danjidda Salisu
Hamisu (Kano), Hamman Idi Polycarp (Taraba), Damulak Kiyersohot
Dashe (Plateau), Alkali Bashar Attahiru (Sokoto), and Mustapha
Tijjani (Jigawa).

The NJC statement read in part, “They will be sworn-in by the
Honourable, The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National
Judicial Council, Hon. Justice W. S. N. Onnoghen, GCON, on Friday,
14th July, 2017, by 3.00pm at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the
appointment of 19 judges for the National Industrial Court.

The approval by the Acting President was based on the
recommendation made to him by the National Judicial
Council.

A statement by the NJC’s Director of Information, Mr.
Soji Oye, disclosing this on Tuesday, said the new judges appointed
from 19 states of the federation would be sworn-in on
Friday.

The newly appointed judges with their states of origin are, Targema
John Iorngee (Benue), Namtari Mahmood Abba (Adamawa), Nweneka
Gerald Ikechi (Rivers), Kado Sanusi (Katsina), Adeniyi Sinmisola
Oluyinka (Ogun), Abiola Adunola Adewemimo (Osun) Opeloye Ogunbowale
(Lagos), Essien Isaac Jeremiah (Akwa-Ibom) and Elizabeth Ama Oji
(Ebonyi) .

Others are, Arowosegbe Olukayode Ojo (Ondo), Ogbuanya Nelson S.
Chukwudi (Enugu), Bashir Zaynab Mohammed (Niger), Galadima Ibrahim
Suleiman (Nasarawa), Bassi Paul Ahmed (Borno), Danjidda Salisu
Hamisu (Kano), Hamman Idi Polycarp (Taraba), Damulak Kiyersohot
Dashe (Plateau), Alkali Bashar Attahiru (Sokoto), and Mustapha
Tijjani (Jigawa).

The NJC statement read in part, “They will be sworn-in by the
Honourable, The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National
Judicial Council, Hon. Justice W. S. N. Onnoghen, GCON, on Friday,
14th July, 2017, by 3.00pm at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”