Judicial commission nominates 22 new Supreme Court Justices [SEE NAMES]

The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has nominated 22 Justices of the Court of Appeal to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for elevation to the Supreme Court.

The names of the nominees, who hail from various regions of the country, were revealed in a document by the FJSC on Thursday.

The list of the 22 Justices of the Appeal Court of Appeal nominated by the FJSC for elevation to the Supreme Court, according to the document, has been sent to the NJC.

The North-Central region has six nominees and the South-East region also has six nominees. While the South-West and South-South regions have two nominees each, the North-East has two nominees as well.

See full list of the nominees below:

SOUTH-EAST

• Hon Justice Nwaoma Uwa (Abia State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Onyekachi Otisi (Abia State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Obande Ogbuinya (Ebonyi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua (Imo State)- Reserve
• Hon Justice Anthony Ogakwu (Enugu State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Chioma Nwosu-lheme (Imo State)-Reserve

SOUTH-SOUTH

• Hon Justice Moore Adumein (Bayelsa State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Biobele Georgewill (Rivers State)-Reserve

SOUTH-WEST

• Hon Justice Adewale Abiru (Lagos State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Olubunmi Oyewole (Osun State)-Reserve

NORTH-CENTRAL

• Hon Jummai Sankey (Plateau State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo (Plateau)-Reserve
• Hon Justice Stephen Adah (Kogi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Ridman Maiwada Abdullahi (Nassarawa State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Baba Idris (Niger State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Joseph Ikyegh (Benue State)-Reserve

NORTH-EAST

• Hon Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani (Bauchi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Abubakar Talba (Adamawa State)

NORTH-WEST

• Hon Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu (Jigawa State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Bello Aliyu (Zamfara State) -Reserve
• Hon Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar (Kebbi State)-Priority
• Hon Justice Abdullahi Mahmud Bayero (Kano State)-Reserve