- Augie to bow out of Supreme Court Thursday
The number of Justices of the Court of Appeal will rise by nine on September 20 when the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, is scheduled to administer the oath of office on them.
Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr. Festus Akande, said this in a statement.
According to the statement, the swearing-in of the nine new Justices of the Court of Appeal will hold at the Main Court auditorium of the Supreme Court at 11 a.m.
It added: “The Justices are: Hannatu Azumi Laja-Balogun, from Kaduna State, who was appointed a High Court judge on May 24, 1999; Binta Fatima Zubairu, from Kaduna State, appointed a High Court judge on October 31, 2001; and Peter Chudi Obiora, from Anambra State, who was sworn in as High Court judge on January 17, 2005.
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“Others are: Justices Okon Efreti Abang, from Akwa Ibom State, who was appointed a High Court judge on June 22, 2009; Asma’u Musa Mainoma, from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), appointed High Court judge on February 1, 2013; Lateef Adebayo Ganiyu, from Oyo State, who became a High Court judge on June 26, 2014; and Jane Esienanwan Iyang, from Cross River State, who was sworn in as a High Court judge on February 12, 2015.
“The rest are: Justices Hadiza Rabiu Shagari, from Sokoto State, who got elevation to the High Court Bench on February 12, 2015; and Paul Ahmed Bassi, from Borno State, appointed to the High Court on July 14, 2017, respectively.
“Meanwhile, Justice Amina Adamu Augie will formally retire from the Supreme Court Bench on Thursday, September 21, 2023, after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on Sunday, September 3, 2023.
“The valedictory court session in her honour was delayed because of the annual vacation of the court, which just ended on Friday, September 15, 2023.
“Justice Amina Augie was sworn in as Justice of Supreme Court on November 7, 2016.
“She graduated with a Second Class Upper Division in Law from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1977 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1978.
“With her retirement, the apex court is now left with 11 Justices.”