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Supreme Court Now Has Lowest Number Of Justices In History – CJN

by Kunle Olasanmi
2 years ago
in News, Cover Stories, Featured
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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has said the Supreme Court of Nigeria now has the lowest number of justices in its history.

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According to him, the apex court has only 10 justices on its bench to tackle the heavy workload of pending cases.

 During the retirement of Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years, the CJN, however, assured that efforts were on top gear to elevate a sizeable number of justices to the bench of the court.

“With Justice Musa Dattijo leaving us today after the retirement of Hon. Justice Adamu Amina Augie a few weeks ago, we are now left with just 10 justices on the Supreme Court bench; being the lowest we have ever had in contemporary history of the court. 

The CJN paid glowing tributes to the retired justice, saying “I am so emotionally overwhelmed, and at the same time, profusely exhilarated to personally witness this uncommon valedictory session. 

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“This is not because I have never witnessed or presided over valedictory sessions before; but for the fact that we are honouring a quintessential Judicial icon with dazzling qualities and alluring stature who could, in one breath, be classified as a model of excellence that transcends the legal profession. 

“My Lord Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad in whose honour we assemble here today, is an epitome of jurisprudential finesse; an insuperable lion with an irrepressible voice in the temple of justice. 

“We are here to identify with an accomplished jurisprudential iconoclast that has offered the best of his intellect to the advancement of the legal profession through his several years of unblemished and incontrovertible adjudications at different levels of courts in Nigeria. 

“His Lordship has, by all standards, made an incisive inroad into the revered history books of the Nigerian judiciary as that gallant and eminent Justice at the Supreme Court bench who inviolably held sway in the discharge of his judicial functions. 

“As second-in-command in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court, my Lord, Justice Dattijo, skillfully aided and supported me virtually in every sphere of administration. He is a specimen of hard work, industry, discipline and high moral rectitude. 

“He willingly offered every support and encouragement that any leader would always wish to enjoy from a deputy to effectively meander the often stormy coast of court administration,” he said.

 


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