President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the names of Justice Sidi Dauda Bage and Justice Paul Adamu to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation as justices of the Supreme Court.
These names were included into a letter sent by the president to Senate President Bukola Saraki which was read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.
SP @bukolasaraki announces communication from@NGRPresident @MBuhari requesting confirmation of appointment two Supreme Court Justice.
The judges were arrested by the secret police and reportedly released on bail by “self recognition” the next day. The midnight raids on the judiciary by the presidency has been widely condemned in Nigeria and across the continent.
Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, has condemned the attack on the judges and confronted the president in Aso Rock on the unconstitutional action of the DSS.
Justice Bage, who was born on June 22, 1956, became Federal High Court Judge in 1992 before his appointment as Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2000.
Born in 1954, Jauro became a judge of the High Court in 1998 and was in 2008, appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal.
The two Judges had been recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the National Judicial Council, NJC.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the appointment was replacement for two Justices from the North who both turned 70 this year
Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki)
Nomination by @NGRPresident is in order. It’s to replace Justice Galadima from North Central & CJN from North East both turn 70 this year
