The National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday made public names of 21 individuals it nominated for appointment as Chief Judges, Judges, Grand Kadis and a member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Mrs. Julie Abieyuwa Anabor is named as the new member of the CCT. If the President accepts her nomination, she will become the third member of the CCT panel, currently made up of two people, with Danladi Umar (as Chairman).
NJC’s Director, Information, Soji Oye, in a statement yesterday, said the council, at its 86th meeting held between May 8 and 9 this year, also approved the appointment of Justice Abbazih Musa Abubakar Saddeeq (as President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Oye gave names of other appointees as: Justice Elizabeth A. Karatu (Chief Judge, Kebbi State); Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar (Chief Judge, Katsina State); Alhafiz Mikail Abubakar (Grand Kadi, Katsina State); Bilikisu Gambo Yusuf and Ishaku Usman (as judges, High Court, Kaduna State).
Also appointed are: Musa Mustapha, Baba Gani Karumi and Waziri Alhaji Abubakar (as judges, High Court, Borno State); Husaini Alhasan Saidu, Zubayr Saliu and Ruth Alolo Alfa (as judges, High Court, Kogi State); Muhammad Haruna and Fatima Musa (as judges, High Court, Gombe State) and Muhammad Inuwa Gombe and Hadi Aminu (Kadis, Sharia Court of Appeal, Gombe).
Also appointed are: Ahmad Muhammad Gidado, Mustapha Lalloki, Dalha Bashir Ahmad And Atiku Muhammad Bello (as Kadis, Sharia Court of Appeal, Gombe State).