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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Council Forwards Three CJN Nominees to NJC

Council forwards three CJN nominees to NJC

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As the tenure of the incumbent Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, draws to a close, the Federal Judicial Service Council on Wednesday forwarded names of three most senior Justices of the Supreme Court to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for consideration.

They are Justices Walter Onnoghen (who is currently next to Mohammed), Ibrahim Muhammad and Suleiman Galadima.

By the standard procedure, NJC is required to consider the three names sent by FJSC and recommend one of them to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment before the expiration of the incumbent CJN’s tenure on November 10.

The NJC, headed by the incumbent CJN, is likely to favour the choice of Onnoghen because of its reluctance to shed its tradition of allowing the most senior Justice to succeed a departing CJN.

The incumbent CJN stressed this fact on September 19 while speaking at the commencement of the Supreme Court’s new legal year.

He expressed his preference for the retention of the court’s tradition of allowing the most senior Justice to succeed a departing CJN.

The incumbent CJN, who was born on November 10, 1946, is expected to attain the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on November 10.

Justice Onnoghen was born in 1950 at Okurike, Biase local government area of Cross Rivers State, and elevated to the Supreme Court bench in 2005.

Justice Muhammad, born on December 31, 1953 at Doguwa-Giade, Giade local government area of Bauchi State, was appointed to the apex court bench on January 7, 2007.
Justice Galadima, born on October in 1946 in Nasarawa State, was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in 2010.

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