The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will on Monday, swear-in 18 Justices into the Court of Appeal bench.
It will be recalled that following recommendation of the National Judicial Council, NJC, President Muhammadu Buhari, in April, approved the appointment of 18 new justices for the Court of Appeal.
Swearing in of the new Justices was however stalled as a result of the over two-month strike action the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, embarked on to demand for fiscal autonomy for the judiciary.
Among those to be sworn in on Monday is Justice Adebukola Banjoko of Abuja High Court who had on May 30, 2018, sentenced the former Governor of Taraba state, Jolly Nyame to a maximum of 14 years without an option of fine.
Similarly, on June 12, 2018, Justice Banjoko convicted former Governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust and criminal misappropriation.
Others to be sworn in are Justices Mohammed Danjuma (Niger State); Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo (Plateau); Abdul-Azeez Waziri (Adamawa); Yusuf A. Bashir (Taraba); Usman A. Musale (Yobe); Ibrahim Wakili Jauro (Yobe); Abba Bello Mohammed (Kano); Bature Isah Gafai (Katsina); Danlami Zama Senchi (Kebbi); Mohammed Lawal Abubakar (Sokoto); Hassan Muslim Sule (Zamfara)
Hassan Muslim Sule (Zamfara); Kenneth Ikechukwu Amadi (Imo); Peter Oyinkenimiemi Affen (Bayelsa); Sybil Onyeji Gbagi (Delta); Olasunbo Goodluck (Lagos); Adebukola Banjoko (Ogun); Olabode Adegbehingbe (Ondo) and Bola Samuel Ademola (Ondo).
