THE Nigerian Judicial Council (NJC) has put forward the name of the wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike for a Court of Appeal position and the daughter-in-law of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) for a role in the High Court.
Mrs. Justice Nyesom-Wike Suzzette,, a former First Lady of Rivers State, is among the 21 individuals recommended to advance in their judicial careers to the Court of Appeal.
She serves as a judge at the Rivers State High Court.
Also, Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria, Nigeria’s Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola’s daughter-in-law, has been selected as one of the 12 judges proposed for promotion to the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Justice Suzzette and Victoria are among the 86 judges listed for recommendation by the Interview Committee on Appointment of Judicial Officers of all Superior Courts of Record in Nigeria, under the NJC, during its 105th plenary meeting held between15 and 16 May 2024; a statement from the Council noted.
However, “all recommended candidates are expected to be sworn in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective state governors,” said, the Council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, in a statement dated 16 May 2024.
The NJC had resolved to issue warning letters to Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court; Justice G. B. Brikins-Okolosi of the Delta State High Court and Justice Amina Shehu of the Yobe State High Court, after the trio were found guilty of different degrees of misconduct.
Ekwo and Brikins-Okolosi were barred from elevation to a higher Bench for two years and three years, respectively.
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