President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the Senate.
Justice Kekere-Ekun is the second female in Nigeria’s history to head the judiciary as the CJN. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar was the first Nigerian woman in history to be Nigeria’s CJN. She held sway between 2012 and 2014.
Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath register at 11.40 am at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja on Friday.
She succeeds Ariwoola, who assumed office on June 27, 2022, and bowed out on Thursday, upon attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.
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