The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has published the names of 60 lawyers who have expressed interest to serve as Federal High Court judges following a recent window opened by the FHC Chief Judge, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho.
The CJ had on January 13 issued a notice on the court’s further appointment of Nine (9) Judges while inviting the NBA president, Yakubu C. Maikyau SAN, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN to nominate suitably qualified persons from the affected States for appointment to the Federal High Court Bench.
The divisions are domiciled in Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Gombe, Ogun, and Oyo states.
In a statement made available to The Metro Lawyer (TML) on Friday by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal, the association revealed 60 lawyers from private and public legal practice have applied for the job.
While Ebonyi State has 20 applicants (the highest from the association), Bayelsa State has 12 applicants while Gombe and Ogun states have 10 each.
Lawyers from Oyo State are 5 while Kebbi State has 3 applicants.
Click below to read the NBA President’s statement and Full list of the applicants…
