The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has recommended 22 justices of the Appeal Court to the Supreme Court Bench.
A document of the FJSC already making the rounds in the publux space, and sent to the Nation Judicial Council (NJC) is as follows:
SOUTH-EAST
• Hon Justice Nwaoma Uwa (Abia State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Onyekachi Otisi (Abia State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Obande Ogbuinya (Ebonyi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua (Imo State)- Reserve
• Hon Justice Anthony Ogakwu (Enugu State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Chioma Nwosu-lheme (Imo State)-Reserve
SOUTH-SOUTH
• Hon Justice Moore Adumein (Bayelsa State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Biobele Georgewill (Rivers State)-Reserve
SOUTH-WEST
• Hon Justice Adewale Abiru (Lagos State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Olubunmi Oyewole (Osun State)-Reserve
NORTH-CENTRAL
• Hon Jummai Sankey (Plateau State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo (Plateau)-Reserve
• Hon Justice Stephen Adah (Kogi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Ridman Maiwada Abdullahi (Nassarawa State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Baba Idris (Niger State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Joseph Ikyegh (Benue State)-Reserve
NORTH-EAST
• Hon Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani (Bauchi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Abubakar Talba (Adamawa State)
NORTH-WEST
• Hon Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu (Jigawa State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Bello Aliyu (Zamfara State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar (Kebbi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Abdullahi Mahmud Bayero (Kano State)-Reserve