PRESIDENT BUHARI SWEARS IN JUSTICE ARIWOOLA AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA 🇳🇬

PRESIDENT BUHARI SWEARS IN JUSTICE ARIWOOLA AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA 🇳🇬

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.

Ariwoola, who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court was sworn-in at around 3:00pm, hours after the resignation of the former CJN, Tanko Muhammad.

Born on August 22, 1958, Justice Ariwoola, who hails from Iseyin, Oyo State, was formerly a Justice of the Court of Appeal before being elevated to the Supreme Court bench in 2011.

Since the Buhari-led regime emerged in 2015, it has appointed three Chief Justices in both acting and substantive capacities.