Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has been sworn-in as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Justice Kekere-Ekun took her Oaths around 11:38am and took her rightful sitting position in the Council Chambers on the left hand side of the President at exactly 11:45am.
Justice Kekere-Ekun is assuming her new role as CJN following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and her nomination and presentation to President Tinubu by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on August 15.
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, is the second Nigerian female jurist to serve as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, after Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria between July 2012 and November, 2014.
Among those who witnessed the event were other Justices of the Supreme Court; the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the leadership of the House of Representatives, represented by Prof Julius Ihonbvere, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu and immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
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