The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, yesterday, approved the appointment of 19 new Judges for the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NIC.
Appointment of the new NIC Judges was based on recommendation of the National Judicial Council, NJC. Osinbajo According to a statement by the Director of Information at the NJC, Mr. Soji Oye, the new NIC Judges are Targema John Iorngee (Benue), Namtari Mahmood Abba (Adamawa), Nweneka Gerald Ikechi (Rivers), Kado Sanusi (Katsina), Adeniyi Oluyinka (Ogun), Abiola Adunola Adewemimo (Osun), Opeloye Ogunbowale (Lagos State).
Others are; Essien Isaac Jeremiah (Akwa-Ibom State), Elizabeth Ama Oji (Ebonyi State), Arowosegbe Olukayode Ojo (Ondo State), Ogbuanya Chukwuneta (Enugu State), Bashir Zaynab Mohammed (Niger State), Galadima Ibrahim Suleiman (Nasarawa State), Bassi Paul Ahmed (Borno State) Danjidda Salisu Hamisu (Kano State), Hamman Idi Polycarp (Taraba State), Damulak Kiyersohot Dashe (Plateau state) Alkali Bashar Attahiru (Sokoto State) and Mustapha Tijjani (Jigawa) The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen who is equally the Chairman of the NJC, will swear in the new Judges on July 14.
