JUST-IN: FJSC Nominates PEPC Chair Tsammani, 21 Others For Elevation To Supreme Court

• The North-Central region has six nominees, while the South-West and South-South regions have two nominees each. The South-East region also has six nominees, and the North-East has two nominees.
• The development is coming after the retirement of Justices Amina Augie and Mohammed Datijo which left the Supreme Court with only 10 serving justices

Nominees for elevation to the Nigerian Supreme Court include twenty-two Justices of the Court of Appeal, selected by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC).

As a result, the FJSC has forwarded President Bola Tinubu’s list of the 22 nominees to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for ratification and recommendation.

An FJSC document made public on Thursday disclosed the nominees’ names. Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, a native of Bauchi State, was the chairman of the now-defunct Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) and one of the nominees.

The South-West and South-South regions each have two nominees, while the North-Central region has six. In addition, the North-East has two nominees, while the South-East has six.

The development is coming after the retirement of Justices Amina Augie and Mohammed Dattijo, which left the Supreme Court with only 10 serving Justices.

It was observed that while some of the nominees were tagged ‘Priority’, others were tagged ‘Reserve’. By implication, the ‘reserve’ nominees are alternate nominees in case of any eventuality.

See the full list of the 22 nominated Justices below:

SOUTH-EAST:

1. Hon Justice Nwaoma Uwa (Abia State) – Priority

1A.Hon Justice Onyekachi Otisi (Abia State) – Reserve

2. Hon Justice Obande Ogbuinya (Ebonyi State) – Priority

2A. Hon Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua (Imo State) – Reserve

3. Hon Justice Anthony Ogakwu (Enugu State) – Priority

3A. Hon Justice Chioma Nwosu-lheme (Imo State) – Reserve

SOUTH-SOUTH:

1. Hon Justice Moore Adumein (Bayelsa State) – Priority

1A. Hon Justice Biobele Georgewill (Rivers State) – Reserve

SOUTH-WEST:

1. Hon Justice Adewale Abiru (Lagos State) – Priority

1A. Hon Justice Olubunmi Oyewole (Osun State) – Reserve

NORTH-CENTRAL:

1. Hon Jummai Sankey (Plateau State) – Priority

1A. Hon Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo (Plateau) – Reserve

2. Hon Justice Stephen Adah (Kogi State) – Priority

2A. Hon. Justice Ridman Maiwada Abdullahi (Nassarawa State) – Reserve

3. Hon Justice Baba Idris (Niger State) – Priority

3A. Hon Justice Joseph Ikyegh (Benue State) – Reserve

NORTH-EAST:

1. Hon Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani (Bauchi State) – Priority

1A. Hon Justice Abubakar Talba (Adamawa State) – Reserve

NORTH-WEST:

1. Hon Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu (Jigawa State) – Priority

1A. Hon Justice Bello Aliyu (Zamfara State) – Reserve

2. Hon Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar (Kebbi State) – Priority

2A. Hon Justice Abdullahi Mahmud Bayero (Kano State) – Reserve