Monday, 23 October 2023 04:53

Supreme Court justices’ number drops to less than half ‘statutory full complement’ - Official

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The number of Nigeria’s Supreme Court justices is about to drop to 10, widely coming short of the court’s statutory full complement of 21 justices.

The number, currently 11, will drop to 10 as another justice of the court retires on 27 October.

Within the space of three years, the number of judges on the court’s bench plummeted from 20 to 14 in June 2022, when then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, abruptly resigned.

Since then, the number has further spiralled down to 10, as Musa Dattijo Muhammad, who joined the bench of the Supreme Court over a decade ago, retires on 27 October.

He is the second most senior judge on the court’s bench.

The jurist’s retirement will bring the number of justices of the court to an all-time low of 10 in the Supreme Court’s recent history.

A statement by the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, on Sunday, said Muhammad clocks the mandatory retirement age of 70 on 27 October.

It also said a valedictory court session to mark Muhammad’s exit from the bench would be held on Friday, 27 October.

“With the retirement of Muhammad, the Supreme Court of Nigeria is now left with 10 Justices,” the statement read.

 

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