Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola will on Thursday, August 22, formally bow out as head of Nigeria’s judiciary.
Ariwoola has been at the helm of affairs of the judiciary in the last three years when his predecessor, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad suddenly resigned from office due to ill health.
The traditional Valedictory Court Session for the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria has been scheduled to hold on Thursday, August 22.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Director of Information and Press for the court, Dr Festus Akande, indicated that the valedictory ceremony will hold at the Supreme Court Complex and shall be attended by eminent persons.
Akande noted that the apex court’s 2023/2024 legal year ended on Friday, July 19, while the court proceeded on vacation on Monday, July, 22.
He explained that the court would resume for the first term 2024/2025 legal year on Monday, September 23, while the ceremony to usher-in the 2024/2025 new legal year is scheduled to hold on Monday, September 30.
