Hours after Chief Justice Tanka Muhammad announced his resignation, Nigeria has got a new one.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ensured there is no vacuum as he has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Ariwoola, is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, and was sworn in by 2pm at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He will act as CJN pending when his name will be sent to the Senate by President Buhari for confirmation as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Justice Ariwoola who was born on Aug. 22, 1958 and appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2011.
He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in 2011. He was a Justice of the Court of Appeal between 2005 and 2011 after having been elevated from the State High Court of Oyo State.
Justice Ariwoola was first appointed a Judge of Superior Court of record in Oyo State in 1992 from private legal practice.
Before his elevation to the Supreme Court, he served as Justice of Court of Appeal in Kaduna, Enugu and Lagos Divisions.
