President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-ekun as the substantive 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The swearing in ceremony was held in the Council Chambers of the State House following her confirmation by the Senate last Wednesday.
The ceremony was witnessed by three of Kekere-ekun’s predecessors, including Justice Alooma Muktar, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Justice Walter Onnoghen and Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
Also in the Chambers are her family members as well as the other justices of the Supreme Court.
Kekere-ekun would later in the day inaugurate new Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, at the supreme court, to marki one of her first official assignment as substantive CJN
