- Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s confirmation for the appointment of 11 justices of the Supreme Court.
Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday.
The President, in the letter, said the request was in accordance with Section 231(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
He mentioned the justices nominated for confirmation and subsequent appointment into the nation’s apex court to include: Justices Jummai Sankey, Stephen Adah, Mohammed Idris and Haruna Tsammani.
Others are: Jamilu Tukur, Abubakar Umar, Chidiebere Uwa, Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, Obande Ogbuinya, Moore Adumein and Habeeb Abiru.