CJN to inaugurate 2023 election petition tribunals November 7

Agency reports,

JUSTICE Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), will on Monday, November 7, install Election Petition Tribunals that would look into and assess petitions that may originate from the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Over 400 Judges from States and Federal High Courts have been carefully selected by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongbam, to serve on the panel.

Director of Information and Press of the Supreme Court, Festus Akande confirmed to Track News that the inauguration of the Tribunals would hold at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) as against the usual Apex Court premises. He explained that Andrews Otutu Obaseki Auditorium of NJI was considered in view of the large number of the tribunal members being expected to grace the inauguration ceremony slated for 9 am.