Abuja -Saturday 14 August 2021: Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Honourable Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the Acting Chief Judge of the High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

A statement, Saturday, by Soji Oye, Director, Information, said the Acting appointment takes effect from 1 August 2021.

Justice Baba-Yusuf will be sworn in by the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, on Monday 16 August 2021 by 10.00 am at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.