Olisa Agbakoba, eight others shortlisted as Supreme Court Justices

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Olisa Agbakoba, eight others shortlisted as Supreme Court Justices

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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has forwarded the names of nine eligible applicants to the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Judicial Service Commission, Walter Samuel Onnoghen, for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Olisa Agbakoba

Olisa Agbakoba

This followed a rigorous process of shortlisting done by a select committee chaired by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abubakar Mahmoud, with eight other eminent lawyers as members.Applicants shortlisted by the NBA for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court are the following:
  • Olisa Agbakoba, SAN Year of Call: 1978 State: Anambra
  • (2) Anthony Ikemefuna Idigbe, SAN Year of Call: 1983 State: Delta
  • (3) Yunus Ustas Usman, SAN Year of Call: 1983 State: Kogi
  • (4) Babatunde Fagbohunlu, SAN Year of Call: 1988 State: Ondo
  • (5) Miannayaaja Essien, SAN Year of Call: 1985 State: Rivers
  • (6) Awa Uma Kalu, SAN Year of Call: 1978 State: Abia
  • (7)  Professor Awalu Hamish Yadudu Year of Call: 1979 State: Kano
  • (8) Tajudeen Oladoja Year of Call: 1985 State: Kwara
  • (9) Ayuba Giwa Year of Call: 1983 State: Edo
  • The above mentioned applicants were shortlisted from a total of 89 Expressions of Interest that were scrutinized.
  • It would be recalled that the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, had earlier forwarded a request to the President of NBA, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN  “to nominate suitable candidate for consideration as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”
  • Read more at http://www.herald.ng/nba-shortlists-agbakoba-eight-others-supreme-court-justices/#vBlQZTv0PlHuBrVy.99

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