{"id":31087,"date":"2020-10-13T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31087"},"modified":"2020-10-13T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:49:33","slug":"senate-confirms-eight-supreme-court-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-confirms-eight-supreme-court-justices","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms eight Supreme Court Justices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has confirmed eight justices of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>They are Lawal Garba (North-West), Helen M. Ogunwumiju (South-West), Abdu Aboki, (North-West) and I. M. M. Saulawa (North-West).<\/p>\n<p>Others are Adamu Jauro (North-East), Samuel C. Oseji, (South-South), Tijjani Abubakar (North-East) and Emmanuel A. Agim (South-South).<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation comes about two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari wrote to the Senate informing the lawmakers of their appointment and sought their confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele Opeyemi, who presented the report, said the nominees demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the law and a firm grasp of issues relating to law and other contemporary legal and jurisprudential issues during the screening exercise.<\/p>\n<p>They also possess the requisite qualifications, integrity, leadership qualities and comportment to discharge judicial responsibilities as Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat there is no petition against the nominations of any of the nominees and there are no adverse reports against the nominees, as record checks and other forms of investigations by security agencies, did not reveal any negative trace against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, the composition of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as per geopolitical zones, which in the Committee\u2019s view, is a fair reflection of the Federal Character Principle, as enshrined in Section 14 (3) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post_wrapper left\">\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_28 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_nextprev jeg_col_2o3 jnews_module_420441_0_5f85e6d5b95d9   \" data-unique=\"jnews_module_420441_0_5f85e6d5b95d9\">\n<div class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_7 jeg_subcat_right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Senate has confirmed eight justices of the Supreme Court. 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