President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, June 27, swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in of Ariwoola, the next most senior in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court, as the new CJN, followed the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad on health grounds.
Justice Ariwoola was born on Aug. 22, 1958 and appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2011.
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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 the 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 the Court of Appeal in Kaduna, Enugu and Lagos Divisions.
NAN reports that Ariwoola will retire by 2028.
NAN reports that Justice Tanko Muhammad resigned as the CJN on grounds of ill-health.
(NAN)