The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
President Muhammadu Buhari had, in July, requested the Senate to screen and confirm the nominee for an appointment.
The confirmation of Justice Ariwoola followed his screening by the National Assembly’s Committee of the Whole.
During the screening, the Justice responded to questions posed to him by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege; Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele; Senate Minority Leader Philip Aduda; Senators Gabriel Suswam and Bala Ibn Na’Allah.
