- Safiu Kehinde
The Senate has on Tuesday approved Justice Joseph Oyewole’s promotion as a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Oyewole’s confirmation followed the presentation of the report by Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, chaired by Sen. Adegbonmire Ayodele (APC, Ondo Central).
NPO Reported that President Bola Tinubu had last week written to the red chamber, requesting its confirmation of Oyewole as a Supreme Court justice.
The president’s request, according to the letter, is in pursuant to section 231 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Ayodele, after the presentation, moved that the senate receive and consider the report of the committee on the confirmation of the nomination of Oyewole as a justice of the nation’s apex court.
In a voice vote, the senate confirmed the nomination of Oyewole as justice of the Supreme Court.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, congratulated the nominee on the new elevation and commended the committee for a job well done.