Senate has confirmed 11 Justices as justices of Supreme Court

This followed consideration of a report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal matters.

The Chairman of the committee had screened the nomination of the justices by President Bola Tinubu.

Presenting the report in plenary, the Chairman of the committee, Sen. Mohammed Monguno (Borno North) said the nominees were screened and found to be fit for the job.

He said following the screening, the committee was recommending them for approval and confirmation.

QuestNews reports that the justices are Jummai Sankey (North-Central), Moore Adumein (South-South), Haruna Tsammani (North-East), Chidiebere Uwa (South-East), Chioma Nwosu-Iheme (South-East).

Others are Obande Ogbuinya (South-East), Stephen Adah(North-Central), Habeeb Abiru (South-West), Jamilu Tukur (North-West), Abubakar Umar (North-West), Mohammed Idris (North-Central).

Contributing, Sen. Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West), commended the Federal Government for doing the needful.

He also commended the spread in the appointments, adding that they were long overdue.

“Anytime these vacancies occur, they should be filled immediately.

“There should not be delay,”he said.

Other lawmakers in their contributions also commended the appointments and called for better funding for the judiciary to enable it live up to its mandate.

They equally called for review of the criminal justice law for speedy dispensation of justice among others.

In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, equally harped on the need to review the criminal justice law for an effective judiary.