Bola Afolabi
There is another super development to inspire the girl child as foremost justice, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has been sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Kekere-Ekun earned history on Friday, August 23, 2024, and her case has again proved that although the country has not produced a female President, there is no height the girl child/women cannot attain, once they get their visions and other values right.
Indeed, her story will always be cited each time people are citing examples of Amazons never hindered by gender sentiments.
She 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.
She will operate in acting capacity until conformation by the Senate.
Justice Kekere-Ekun took her Oaths around 11:38am and took her rightful sitting position in the Council Chambers on the left hand side of the President at exactly 11:45am.
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 Prof Julius Ihonbvere; the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu; and immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
