Ololade Adeyanju/
Twenty-one candidates have been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) as Heads of Courts and Judicial Officers for the Federal/State High Courts and the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
According to NJC’s Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye, the Council, chaired by Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen at its 86th meeting, held on May 8 and 9, 2018, recommended the under-listed names:
1. APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE, KEBBI STATE
i) Hon. Mr. Justice Elizabeth A. Karatu
2. APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE, KATSINA STATE
i) Hon. Mr. Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar
3. APPOINTMENT OF GRAND KADI KATSINA STATE
i) Hon. Kadi Alhafiz Mikail Abubakar
4. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, FCT
i) Hon. Mr. Justice Abbazih Musa Abubakar Saddeeq
5. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, NIGER STATE
i) Bilikisu Gambo Yusuf
ii) Ishaku Usman
6. APPOINTMENT OF THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, BORNO STATE
i) Musa Mustapha
ii) Baba Gani Karumi
iii) Waziri Alhaji Abubakar
7. APPOINTMENT OF THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, KOGI STATE
i) Husaini Alhasan Saidu
ii) Zubayr Saliu
iii) Ruth Alolo Alfa
8. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, GOMBE STATE
i) Muhammad Haruna
ii) Fatima Musa
9. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) KADIS SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, GOMBE STATE
i) Muhammad Inuwa Gombe
ii) Hadi Aminu
10. APPOINTMENT OF FOUR (4) KADIS SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, GOMBE STATE
i) Ahmad Muhammad Gidado
ii) Mustapha Lalloki
iii) Dalha Bashir Ahmad
iv) Atiku Muhammad Bello
11. APPOINTMENT OF ONE (1) MEMBER, CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL
i) Julie Abieyuwa Anabor
The newly appointed candidates will be sworn-in after the approval of the President and their respective State Governors as the case may be.
Soji Oye, Esq
Director, Information