Supreme Court gets 11 new Justices following Senate confirmation

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has added to its seating, 11 new Justices to aid in the dispensation of Justice by the apex court.

The Court had earlier cited the death, resignation and retirement of some Justices as reasons why the Supreme Court has 10 Justices as opposed to the 21 constitutionally recommended.

With this confirmation, the Court will have satisfied the constitutional requirement.

Nigerian NewsDirect gathered on Thursday that the Senate confirmed the nomination of 11 new Justices of the Supreme Court.

Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.

The Senate approved the recommendation of the committee, which screened the nominees.

The report was presented before the Senate by Borno North Senator and chairman of the committee, Senator Mohammed Monguno.

President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday, 20th December, asked the Senate to confirm 11 nominees.

The nominees were recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) to fill vacant positions.

The 11 Justices who have been confirmed include: Justice Haruna Tsammani (North-East);  Justice Moore Adumein (South-South), Justice Jummai Sankey (North-Central), Justice Chidiebere Uwa (South-East) and Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme (South-East), Justice Obande Ogbuinya (South-East), Justice Stephen Adah(North-Central), Justice Habeeb Abiru (South-West), Justice Jamilu Tukur (North-West), Justice Abubakar Umar (North-West) and Justice Mohammed Idris (North-Central).