Justice Tsoho Sworn In As Acting Chief Judge Of Fed High Court

Justice John Tsoho has been sworn in as the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

He was sworn in today by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday at the Ceremonial Court of the Supreme Court in Abuja.

This comes barely 24 hours after the seat of the head of the Federal High Court became vacant.

The former Chief Judge of the FHC, Justice Adamu Kafarati, retired from the bench on attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 midnight of Thursday.

Tsoho’s inauguration as the Acting Chief Judge was earlier suspended in the morning to await clearance from President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to reports, it was not clear if Buhari eventually nominated Tsoho to take over as the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on Friday.

After Tsoho took his oath, the CJN said it was a constitutional provision that the next most senior judge of the court could be appointed as the Acting Chief Judge pending the conclusion for the process of the substantive CJ of the court.