PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sworn in Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Council Chamber of the State House Abuja, on Monday, September 2024.

Kekere-Ekun was confirmed by the Senate as the substantive CJN on Wednesday, September 25, making her the second female to hold the position in Nigeria.

She was sworn in by the President as the acting CJN on August 23.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the next CJN following the end of the tenure of former CJN, kayode Ariwoola.

The ICIR reported that Ariwoola retired on Thursday, August 22, after clocking 70 years. After Ariwoola, Kekere-Ekun is the Supreme Court’s oldest senior justice in terms of judicial ranking.

The swearing-in occasion was graced by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Right Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, Ministers of Information, FCT, Justice, Muhammed Idris, Nyesom Wike, Lateef Fagbemi, respectively, among other dignitaries.

Also in attendance were her predecessors including, Alooma Muktar, Mahmud Mohammed,  Walter Onnoghen, and Olukayode Ariwoola.

Kekere-Ekun, 66, is the second female CJN after Mukhtar. She was elevated to the Supreme Court of Nigeria as the 5th female justice of the court and was sworn in July 2013.