Supreme Court Nominee, Justice Nwosu-Iheme, 10 Others, Face Senate

By Adesina Soyooye

Supreme Court nominee, the Honourable Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, PhD, will face the Senate for the confirmation of her nomination.

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, sent her name, along with the names of 10 other nominees, to the Senate for confirmation.

Having been nominated by the Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, and their names sent to the President,  the next step was for the President to transmit the nsmes of the nominees to the Senate.

The Senate would send their names to its Committee on Judiciary which members would screen them and present their report to the whole Senate for confirmation or not.

It is expected that the Justices, all from the Court of Appeal will be confirmed. If confirmed they will fill the 11 vacancies in the Apex Court. It would, also mark the first time the Court would have its full complement of 21 Justices. For now there are only 10 Justices at the Apex Court with no representation from the South-east.

The names of the nominated Justices are as follows:

1. Justices Jummai Sankey,
2. Stephen Adah,
3. Mohammed Idris
4. Haruna Tsammani
5. Jamilu Tukur
6. Abubakar Umar
7. Chidiebere Uwa
8. Chioma Nwosu-Iheme
9. Obande Ogbuinya
10. Moore Adumein
11. Habeeb Abiru

The Honourable Justice Nwosu-Iheme is from Imo State.