The National Judicial Council, at its 98th Meeting of 10 and 11 May 2022 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the under-listed names of Forty-six (46) successful candidates as Heads of Court and other Judicial Officers for the Federal and State Judiciaries in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
They are as follows:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHIEF JUDGE, IMO STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hon. Justice Chukwuemeka-Chikeka Theresa Eberechukwu<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, NASARAWA STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hon. Kadi Bahago Yusuf Abubakar Agwai II<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, IMO STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hon. Justice Okorie Victor Uchenna<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, BENUE STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Felicia Mnguashima Ikyegh<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Omale Gabriel Anebi<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shishi John Mkoholga<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, JIGAWA STATE<\/p>\n
i) \u00a0 \u00a0 Auwal Ya\u2019u<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mustapha Bello Adamu<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, DELTA STATE<\/p>\n
i) \u00a0 \u00a0 Diai Christopher Dumebi<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0 \u00a0 Odebale Ekuogbe Baro<\/p>\n
iii) \u00a0 Gesikeme-Akebofah Angonumere Mary<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOUR (4) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, PLATEAU STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ladi Agyer Madaki<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Longden Danladi Jacob<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elizabeth Ibrahim Angai<\/p>\n
iv)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Samchi Dasplang Simon<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, KEBBI STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hassan Shehu Kuwwa<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shamsudeen Jaafar<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maryam Abubakar Kaoje<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOUR (4) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, ADAMAWA STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ishaku Yakubu Haliru<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Felix Daniel Nzarga<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abbas Adamu Hoban<\/p>\n
iv)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maxwell Tartius Pukuma<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, KOGI STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clement Ohiani Kekere<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hawa Eleojo Yusufu<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Isa Jamil Abdullahi<\/p>\n
11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIX (6) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, IMO STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Okereke Chinyere Ngozi<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Onyekachi Michael Bless Chibueze<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Antoinette Chinenye Onyeukwu<\/p>\n
iv)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innocent Chidi Ibeawuchi<\/p>\n
v)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alinnor Lotanna Chukwunyere Leo<\/p>\n
vi)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nwachukwu Obinna Emmanuel<\/p>\n
12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONE (1) KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, PLATEAU STATE<\/p>\n
\u2022 Yahaya Mohammed Kanam<\/p>\n
13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONE (1) KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, KEBBI STATE<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nasiru Umar Zagga<\/p>\n
14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TWO (2) KADIS, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, ADAMAWA STATE<\/p>\n
\u2022 Magaji Chiroma<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ibrahim Barkindo<\/p>\n
15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, FCT, ABUJA<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yunusa Idris Kutigi<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad Boyi Marafa<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ubom Unwana Sam<\/p>\n
16.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONE (1) JUDGE, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, DELTA STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Akumagba Ete Francis<\/p>\n
17.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TWO (2) JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, ADAMAWA STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Momsisuri Bemare Odo<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Evaristus Paul<\/p>\n
18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THREE (3) JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, KOGI STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comfort Ekwuojo Toluwase<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Ade Olupeka<\/p>\n
iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shaibu Yakubu<\/p>\n
19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TWO (2) JUDGES, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, IMO STATE<\/p>\n
i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Okafor Emeka Paulinus<\/p>\n
ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Onuegbu Chinemerem Ucheoma<\/p>\n
All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after approval of the NJC recommendations to their respective State Governors and the respective State Houses of Assembly, as the case may be.<\/p>\n
\u25aa\ufe0e By Soji Oye<\/strong>, Esq, Director, Information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Judicial Council, at its 98th Meeting of 10 and 11 May 2022 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the under-listed names of Forty-six (46) successful candidates as Heads of Court and other Judicial Officers for the Federal and State Judiciaries in Nigeria. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":56035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5786],"tags":[1811,546,547],"class_list":["post-57527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-statement","tag-1811","tag-judges","tag-njc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}