President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to
consider and confirm the nominations of two judges as Justices of the Supreme
Court.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter conveying the
request after the Senate returned from a closed-door session on Tuesday.
The
nominated judges are Sidi Bage, Nasarawa State, North Central; and Paul Jauro,
Taraba State, North East. In the letter read by Mr.
Saraki, Mr. Buhari said his
request followed Section 231(2) of the Constitution of Nigeria, as amended.
President Muhammadu
Buhari has requested the Senate to consider and confirm the nominations of two
judges as Justices of the Supreme Court.
The Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter conveying the request after the
Senate returned from a closed-door session on Tuesday.
The nominated judges
are Sidi Bage, Nasarawa State, North Central; and Paul Jauro, Taraba State,
North East.
In the letter read
by Mr. Saraki, Mr. Buhari said his request followed Section 231(2) of the Constitution
of Nigeria, as amended.
The President sought
the expeditious attention of the Senate, Mr. Saraki read.
Mr. Jauro, who was
born on June 26, 1954, became a judge of the High Court in 1998. Ten years
afterwards, he was appointed Justice of the Court Appeal.
Mr. Bage, born on
June 22, 1956, became Federal High Court Judge in 1992 before his appointment
as Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2000.
The two Judges had
been recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the
National Judicial Council.
Their nominations
came amid a clampdown on allegedly corrupt judges in the High, Appeal, and the
Supreme Courts, by the State Security Service.
Credit: saharareporters.com
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