[FULL LIST] NJC Recommends Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr, 26 Other Judicial Officers

NJC recommends appointment of one Head of Court and 27 other Judicial Officers

The National Judicial Council, at its 103^rd 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 under-listed 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

• 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

• Muhammad Adam Kadem
• Salisu Muhammad Isa
• Isa Idris Sa’id
• 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.

Soji Oye, Esq

Director, Information