Pioneer CJ's son becomes Kwara CJ

Date: 2014-12-23

Justice Sulaiman Kawu, son of the pioneer Chief Judge of Kwara State and one-time Justice of the Supreme Court, late Justice Saidu Kawu, has stepped into the shoes of his late father as he was sworn-in as the new chief judge of the state.

Justice Kawu who is the most senior judge in the state High Court, took over from Justice Ayinla Bamgbola who retired last week.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Tuesday swore-in the new CJ, charging him to rededicate himself to the task of lifting the state judiciary to greater heights.

The swearing-in was preceded by the confirmation of the Chief Judge’s appointment by the State House of Assembly after he was screened by the legislative arm.

Ahmed in his letter to the House dated December 10, 2014, said Justice Kawu had been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for the appointment.

He said Justice Kawu’s name was nominated for screening and confirmation in line with section 271 (1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

The governor while inaugura-ting the new CJ commended the state judiciary for a rancour-free change of baton, urging Justice Kawu to sustain the harmony in the arm of government which, he said, remains the last hope of the common man.

He urged the CJ to build on his past record of hard work for the growth of law and quick dispensation of justice in the state.

The new CJ promised to redouble his efforts and take the state’s judiciary to the forefront of Nigeria’s judiciary. He called for the autonomy of the judiciary as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution. 

Born on January 4, 1958, Justice Kawu had served as Acting Chief Judge of Kwara  between 2010 and 2012.

He hails from lkokoro compound off Niger Road in llorin South Local Government area of the state.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Face Masks     Kamoru Kadiri     Minimum Wage     Forgo Battery     Offorjama     Abdulwahab Oba     Oba Abdulraheem     Asa     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Doyin Group     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Salihu Ajia     Rachael Obisesan     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ayinde Oki     Ubandoma     Jalala     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abdulwaheed Musa     NIPR     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Col. Adedipe     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Garba Idris Ajia     Transition Implementation Committee     Shao     Folashade Omoniyi     Tanke Road     Oba Of Jebba     Abubakar Usman Jos     Christopher Ayeni     Oyedepo     Okala Baba     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Mumeen Lah     Arinola Lawal     Abdullahi Samari     Jimba Babatunde     Ojo Fadumila     Mamatu Abdullahi     Saka Saadu     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Baboko     Malete     Jumoke F. Ajao     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Sulyman Abdulkareem     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kwara State Football Association     Maigidasanma     Wahab Isa     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Folaranmi Aro     Yashikira     Curfew     Kisira     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kwasu     Ilofa     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Temitope Ogunbanke     Alanamu     Baaziki Sulaiman     Kwara State Pension Board     NNPP     Matthew Okedare     Olatunji Moronfoye     Aliyu Sabi     Sai Kayi     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Abubakar Abdulraheem     BIR    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayinde Oyepitan     Gbenga Adebayo     Babatunde Idiagbon     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Millennium Development Goals     Lawan     Press Release     Emir Of Kano     PharmAccess Foundation     Amoyo     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Onilu     Ola Falade     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Tafidan Kaiama     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Olatinwo     Suleiman Abubakar     Kumbi Titilope     Biliaminu Aliu     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Lanre Aremu     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Salihu S. Yaru     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Oyedepo     Col. Adedipe     Habeeb Saidu     Alimi Abdulrazaq     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ishaq Salman     Bayo Onimago     Busari Alabi Alausa     Yashikira     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Seun Bolaji     Gabriel Fashanu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Adaramaja     Tanke Road     Wahab Egbewole     Sardauna     Offorjama     Razak Atunwa     Iqra Books     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Ifelodun     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Florence Saraki     Marufat Oladosu     Saliu Oluwole     Ahman Patigi     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Unilorin     Buari Edun     Ronke Adeyemi     Elerin Of Adanla     Ajayi Okasanmi     Modibbo Kawu     Agor Market     Sheikh Alimi     Taofeek Ibraheem     Lola Olabayo     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Alliance For Democracy     Lanre Badmus     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Onilorin     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Awili Pedro     Sobi Hill