BREAKING: Senate Confirms Ariwoola Substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), following his screening by lawmakers.
Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, moved two motions for the upper chamber to screen Ariwoola.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had called for the screening exercise to be moved forward from where it was listed on the order paper.
Gobir moved that the Senate resolve into the Committee of the Whole to conduct the screening as well as suspend its relevant rules to admit the acting CJN Ariwoola and his entourage into the chambers.
Thereafter, the acting CJN Ariwoola and all Justices of the Supreme Court, President of the Court of Appeal, President of the Federal High Court, President of the National Industrial Court and Secretary of the National Judicial Council walked into the chambers and took their seats.
The delegation was led by the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare.
Ariwoola was confirmed at about 12:55 after about an hour of drilling and questioning by the lawmakers.
The Senate thereafter asked Ariwoola to take a bow and leave.
