President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
News About Nigeria reports that Olusegun Dada, special assistant to President Tinubu on social media, disclosed the ceremony occasion in a post his X page on Monday.
The ceremony took place at the Aso Rock villa’s council chambers on Monday, following the Senate’s confirmation of her nomination last week.
“President Bola Ahmed presides over the Swearing In of the newly appointed and confirmed Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun at the State House Council Chambers,” he wrote on X.
Justice Kekere-Ekun, Nigeria’s 23rd CJN and second female to hold the position, had been serving as acting Chief Justice since August, after Olukayode Ariwoola’s retirement.
On August 15, the NJC recommended Kekere-Ekun to Tinubu for an appointment as CJN.
The recommendation was made during NJC’s 106th meeting presided over by Olukayode Ariwoola, the immediate past CJN.
Kekere-Ekun’s appointment makes her the second female CJN in the country’s history, after Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, who was CJN from July 2012 to November 2014.
Ariwoola bowed out of office on August 22, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70.
Tinubu cut short his “brief work stay” in France to swear in Kekere-Ekun.
Kekere-Ekun was born on May 7, 1958, in London, United Kingdom.
Her journey in the legal profession commenced at the University of Lagos where she obtained her first degree in law in 1980.
She was called to the Nigerian Bar on July 10, 1981.
She was awarded a Master of Law in November 1983 at the London School of Economics.
