The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has approved the appointment of 19 Judges for National Industrial Court of Nigeria on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
According to a statement signed by the Director, Information of the National Judicial Council (NJC), the new judges are Targema Iorngee, Benue State, Namtari Mahmood Abba, Adamawa State, Nweneka Gerald Ikechi, Rivers State, Kado Sanusi, Katsina State, Adeniyi Sinmisola Oluyinka, Ogun State, Abiola Adunola Adewemimo, Osun State, Opeloye Ogunbowale, Lagos State, Essien Isaac Jeremiah, Akwa-Ibom State and Elizabeth Ama Oji from Ebonyi State.
Others include Arowosegbe Olukayode Ojo, Ondo State, Ogbuanya Nelson S. Chukwudi, Enugu State, Bashir Zaynab Mohammed, Niger State, Galadima Ibrahim Suleiman, Nasarawa State, Bassi Paul Ahmed, Borno State, Danjidda Salisu Hamisu, Kano State, Hamman Idi Polycarp, Taraba State, amulak Kiyersohot Dashe , Plateau, Alkali Bashar Attahiru, Sokoto State and Mustapha Tijjani, Jigawa State.
As at the time of the appointment, Paul Bassi from Borno state was the assistant director legal service department of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC).
They will be sworn-in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Chairman, NJC Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, July 14, 2017.
SEYI ANJORIN, Abuja
