{"id":113881,"date":"2024-08-15T17:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113881"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:46:20","slug":"njc-recommends-kudirat-kekere-ekun-to-succeed-ariwoola-as-cjn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/njc-recommends-kudirat-kekere-ekun-to-succeed-ariwoola-as-cjn\/","title":{"rendered":"NJC recommends Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to succeed Ariwoola as CJN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1807467324050940199\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the most senior Jurist in the Supreme Court, the National Judicial Council (NJC), on Thursday, recommended Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ariwoola is due for retirement on August 22.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, NJC spokesman, Soji Oye, said the decision was taken following the Council\u2019s 106th Meeting presided over by Ariwoola.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the meeting was held on August 14 and 15 in Abuja, just seven days before the retirement of Justice Ariwoola as the CJN.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis is imperative as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, will formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week Thursday, 22 August 2024,\u201d the statement read.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ariwoola was appointed as the CJN on September 21, 2022 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. 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