The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of four Justices for Supreme Court.
It also constituted a panel to investigate petitions pending against eight judges.
The NJC, at its meeting held between Tuesday and Wednesday, also recommended the appointment of 13 judges for Federal, State High Courts and one Kadi for Sharia Court of Appeal.
The new Supreme Court justices include; Justice Adamu Jauro, from the North-East Zone; Justice Emmanuel A. Agim, South-South Zone; Justice C. Oseji, South-South Zone; and Justice Helen M. Ogunwumiju from the South-West Zone.
Also recommended for appointment as substantive Chief Judge of the Federal High Court is Justice John Tsoho, who has been on acting capacity since July this year.
The recommendation which was part of resolution reached at the council’s meeting of October 22 and 23, 2019, have finally put to rest speculations in some quarters about the elevation of certain judges of the appellate court into the bench of the Supreme Court.
The four justices of the appellate court were part of 22 other members of the judiciary recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment into various positions.
Part of the statement made available to journalists by the NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, read, “The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice I. T. Muhammad, at its Meeting of October 22 and 23, 2019, considered the list of candidates presented by its interview committee and resolved to recommend to President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Governors of Edo, Ondo, Akwa-Ibom, Kogi, Anambra, Taraba, Abia, Osun, Nasarawa and Jigawa states, 22 successful candidates for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court, Heads of Courts and other Judicial Officers in Nigeria”.
The council also recommended Justice B. B. Kanyip as President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, while Justice Esther Edigin, was recommended for appointment as Chief Judge of Edo State High Court.