BREAKING; CJN arrives Senate Chamber with other Justices as screening by Senators begins

BREAKING; CJN arrives Senate Chamber with other Justices as screening by Senators begins

The  screening of Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN by the Senate has commenced at the Red Chambers

Before the commencement of the screening on Wednesday, the Senate leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central moved that there should be a re-order of the Legislative Business of the day to make the screening of Kekere-Ekun be the first matter to be addressed.

Kekere-Ekun who is going to be screened in the Committee of the Whole of the Senate, arrived at the hallowed Chamber at 12.30.

She entered with other Justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and others after Order 12 of the Senate standing Order was cited by Senator Bamidele to allow for her and other visitors enter the Chamber. It was seconded by the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Oyewumi Olalere, PDP, Osun West.

The Acting CJN was led by the Special Adviser to the President on the Senate, Senator Basheer Lado.

Vanguard reported that President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday written the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation
of Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN.

President Tinubu’s letter was read by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio upon resumption from the annual break the Upper Chamber embarked upon since July.

The letter read, “Pursuant to 231(1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of 1999 as amended which gives the power to the president powers to appoint the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) on the recommendation of the National Judicial Commission (NJC) and subject to confirmation of the Nigerian