BREAKING: President Tinubu Swears in Kekere-Ekun As 23rd Substantive CJN
President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. This followed her earlier confirmation by the Senate on 25 September 2024.
Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath register at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Monday in the presence of her predecessors including the first female CJN, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Justice Walter Onnoghen, Justice Ariwoola and members of her family as well as the other justices of the Supreme Court.
Didactic Information Hut reports that Justice Kekere-Ekun is taking the oath of office for the second time in five weeks having taken the oath on 23rd August as the Acting CJN.
Justice Kekere-Ekun succeeds Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who assumed office on 27 June 2022 and bowed out on 22 August 2024, upon attaining the retirement age of 70 years.
She had earlier vowed to root out corruption from the judiciary.
