President Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the nomination of Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President, Court of Appeal.
He has therefore forwarded her name to the Senate for confirmation as required by law, said a presidency statement today.
“President Muhammadu Buhari, in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Acting President, Court of Appeal to the Senate for confirmation as President, Court of Appeal.
“Justice Dongban-Mensem is a serving Justice of the Court of Appeal and was recommended, as is the practice, by the National Judicial Council for the nomination by the President”, said the statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the President.
Buhari had last week extended Justice Dongban-Mensem’s acting headship of the Court of Appeal, fuelling speculation that she may eventually by bypassed as theost senior judge for the post in favour of a junior replacement in what critics feared would be an ethnic or religious bias.
However, the presidency only yesterday refuted such insinuations, declaring that the President would not rubber-stamp any nomination, but was waiting for security and other administrative clearance for the nominee.
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