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    The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has nominated 22 Justices of the Court of Appeal to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for elevation to the Supreme Court.

    The list contained the names of the nominees, who hail from various regions of the country, were revealed in a document by the FJSC on Thursday.

    The list of the 22 Justices of the Appeal Court of Appeal nominated by the FJSC for elevation to the Supreme Court, according to the document, has been sent to the NJC.

    From the list, the North-Central region has six nominees and the South-East region also has six nominees. While the South-West and South-South regions have two nominees each, the North-East has two nominees as well.

    See full list of the nominees below:

    SOUTH-EAST

    Hon Justice Nwaoma Uwa (Abia State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Onyekachi Otisi (Abia State) -Reserve
    Hon Justice Obande Ogbuinya (Ebonyi State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua (Imo State)- Reserve
    Hon Justice Anthony Ogakwu (Enugu State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Chioma Nwosu-lheme (Imo State)-Reserve
    SOUTH-SOUTH

    Hon Justice Moore Adumein (Bayelsa State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Biobele Georgewill (Rivers State)-Reserve
    SOUTH-WEST

    Hon Justice Adewale Abiru (Lagos State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Olubunmi Oyewole (Osun State)-Reserve
    NORTH-CENTRAL

    Hon Jummai Sankey (Plateau State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo (Plateau)-Reserve
    Hon Justice Stephen Adah (Kogi State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Ridman Maiwada Abdullahi (Nassarawa State) -Reserve
    Hon Justice Baba Idris (Niger State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Joseph Ikyegh (Benue State)-Reserve
    NORTH-EAST

    Hon Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani (Bauchi State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Abubakar Talba (Adamawa State)
    NORTH-WEST

    Hon Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu (Jigawa State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Bello Aliyu (Zamfara State) -Reserve
    Hon Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar (Kebbi State)-Priority
    Hon Justice Abdullahi Mahmud Bayero (Kano State)-Reserve

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