President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, August 23, swore in a successful legal expert, Hon Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as Chief Justice of the Federation to replace Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who is retiring after attaining the age status of his career.
This, the swearing-in ceremony took place at the Council Chambers of the State House of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the nation’s capital. Justice Kekere-Ekun succeeds Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who bowed out on Thursday after clocking the retirement age of 70 years.
Justice Kekere-Ekun is the second female CJN, the first being Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCON, who served from July 2012 to November 2014.