Chidi Samuel
The names of nine senior lawyers were Wednesday forwarded to the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Judicial Service Commission, Walter Samuel Onnoghen, by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The nomination of the applicants followed a rigorous process of shortlisting done by a select committee chaired by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abubakar Mahmoud, with eight other eminent lawyers as members.
The shortlisted senior lawyers are:
(1) Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN
Year of Call: 1978
State: Anambra
(2) Anthony Ikemefuna Idigbe, SAN
Year of Call: 1983
State: Delta
(3) Yunus Ustas Usman, SAN
Year of Call: 1983
State: Kogi
(4) Babatunde Fagbohunlu, SAN
Year of Call: 1988
State: Ondo
(5) Miannayaaja Essien, SAN
Year of Call: 1985
State: Rivers
(6) Awa Uma Kalu, SAN
Year of Call: 1978
State: Abia
(7) Professor Awalu Hamish Yadudu
Year of Call: 1979
State: Kano
(8) Tajudeen Oladoja
Year of Call: 1985
State: Kwara
(9) Ayuba Giwa
Year of Call: 1983
State: Edo
The above mentioned applicants were shortlisted from a total of 89 Expressions of Interest that were scrutinized.
The NBA forwarded the list following earlier request by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, to the President of NBA, “to nominate suitable candidate for consideration as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”