Supreme Court reaches full complement as Joseph Oyewole is sworn-in as new Justice

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has again reached its afloat Constitutional complement of 21 Justices pursuing the swearing-in of Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole arsenic a caller Justice of the Court.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun confirmed this connected Wednesday successful Abuja portion administering an Oath of Allegiance and the Judicial Oath connected Justice Oyewole.

In her code astatine the ceremony, Justice Kekere-Ekun described the elevation of Justice Oyewole arsenic some a idiosyncratic milestone for the caller Justice and an organization landmark for the apex court.

“Your Lordship assumes not simply a caller office, but a solemn and enduring spot astatine the highest level of our judicial hierarchy,” the CJN said, noting that the Supreme Court remains the last interpreter of the Constitution and the eventual guardian of ineligible rights successful the country.

She emphasized that with Justice Oyewole’s elevation, the tribunal present stands astatine its afloat law strength, a improvement she was nary tiny milestone.

According to her, a afloat seat enhances the court’s capableness to represent robust panels, negociate its docket much efficiently, and present judgments with renewed vigour and dispatch.

“For a Court whose pronouncements signifier the ineligible destiny of the Nation, numerical completeness is structurally important to the effectual discharge of our law mandate,” sh...