Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has been sworn-in as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Justice Kekere-Ekun will operate in acting capacity until confirmation by the Senate.
Kekere-Ekun took her Oaths around 11:38am and took her rightful sitting position in the Council Chambers on the lefthand side of the President at exactly 11:45am.
The CJN is assuming her new role as CJN following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and her nomination and presentation to President Tinubu by the National Judicial Council, NJC on August 15.
Justice Kekere-Ekun, is the second Nigerian female jurist to serve as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, after Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria between July 2012 and November, 2014.
Among those who witnessed the event were other Justices of the Supreme Court; the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; the leadership of the House of Representatives, represented by Julius Ihonbvere; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu; and immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola.
Others who were present are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume; National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.
