Nigeria: Reps Urge Govt to Appoint More Supreme Court Justices

21 February 2020

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to appoint more Justices of Supreme Court to accelerate the determination of cases and dispensation of justice in Nigeria.

This followed the adoption of a motion by Onofiok Akpan Luke (PDP, Akwa Ibom) who noted that the number of justices of the Supreme Court had been reduced to 13 with the recent retirement of Justice Amiru Sanusi from the court.

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