THE Senate has confirmed Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN.
Kekere-Ekun’s confirmation was a sequel to the screening by the Senators at the Committee of the Whole, yesterday.
Kekere-Ekun, who appeared before the Senate at 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 to enter the Chamber. It was seconded by the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Oyewumi Olalere, PDP, Osun West.
She was led by the Special Adviser to the President of the Senate, Senator Basheer Lado.
Before the commencement of the screening, yesterday, 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.
With her confirmation, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, is now the second Nigeria female jurist to serve as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, after Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria between July 2012 and November, 2014.
She was in the acting capacity for now as a result of the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, and her nomination and presentation to President Tinubu by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on August 15.
Answering questions from the Senators prior to her confirmation, the then Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, vowed to ensure Zero Tolerance for Corruption in the Judiciary, just as she said that one of the things she is known for her integrity and strictness.
