11, 2017
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.”
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