Tinubu swears in Kekere-Ekun as substantive CJN

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria.

The swearing in ceremony took place at the Council Chambers of the State House, on Monday morning.

The ceremony followed the confirmation of Justice Kekere-ekun by the Senate last week.

Among those present at the swearing in were Vice President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume.

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Others are the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the Head of the Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris and other government functionaries.

The ceremony was also witnessed by three of Kekere-ekun’s predecessors, Justice Alooma Muktar, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.