By Kola Adeyemi
Abuja – The National Judicial Council (NJC) at a meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammad Tanko Ibrahim considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and recommended 15 successful candidates as Heads of Courts and other Judicial Officers in Nigeria.
A statement by the NJC Director of Information released on Wednesday in Abuja gave the names of the affected persons as Chief Judge of Plateau State, Justice David Gwong Mann, Chief Judge of Gombe State Justice Joseph Ahmed Awak and the Grand Khadi of Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna, Kadhi Abdurrahman Umar Abubakar.
Others are the Grand Kadhi, Sharia Court of Appeal in Taraba, Kadhi Shuaibu Dahiru Ahmad and President, Customary Court of Appeal, Cross River State, Justice Ihemnacho Wilfred Obuzor
Six candidates were also recommended for appointment as Federal High Court Judges.
They are Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman, Emmanuel Gakko, Aminu Garba, Musa Sulaiman Liman, Ahmad Gama Mahmud and Segun-Bello Mabel Taiye.
The FCT High Court has one in Joseph Adebayo Aina and one Kadi for Sharia Court of Appeal, Taraba State in the person of Sallau Ismaila Madugu while the Customary Court of Appeal has a Judge in Bulus Samuelson Nyiputen.
All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn in after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari, and their respective State Governors and confirmation by the National Assembly and the respective State House of Assemblies as the case may be.
The council also considered the reports of various Committees and noted the notification of retirements of 23 Judicial Officers of the Federal and State Courts and notification of the death of one State High Court Judge. (vitalnews)
