Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Six things to know about Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, incoming CJN
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Her appointment would be ratified by the Senate as constitutionally directed. But this is a fait acvompli as the NJC has followed the constitution in recommending the most senior justice to the post.
Hereunder are six (6) things to know about the incoming CJN.
-Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo, born on May 7, 1958, is popularly known as Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
-Justice Kekere Ekun was born in London, United Kingdom.
-In 1980, she received a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Lagos and was admitted to the Nigeria Bar on 10 July 1981, having graduated from the Nigerian Law School before she proceeded to the London School of Economics where she received a master’s degree in Law in November 1983.
-The jurist joined the Lagos State Judiciary as Senior Magistrate II and rose to the position of the State High Court Judge. She served as Chairman of Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Zone II, Ikeja between November 1996 and May 1999.
-She was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal in 2004 before her appointment as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in July 2013.
-In October 2022, President Muahmmadu Buhari conferred on her the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, CFR.
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