NJC recommends Wike’s wife for Appeal Court &, CJN’s daughter-In-law for promotion to High Court

Justice Nyesom-Wike Suzzette, wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyseom Wike, has been recommended for promotion to the Court of appeal

Suzzette, a former First Lady in Rivers State, features among 21 others recommended for going up the judicial ladder to the Court of Appeal.

She is a Justice at the Rivers State High Court.

Also, Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria, the daughter-in-law to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, was among the list of 12 judges recommended for elevation to the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Suzzette and Victoria are among the 86 judges listed for recommendation by the Interview Committee on Appointment of Judicial Officers of all Superior Courts of Record in Nigeria, under the National Judicial Council, during its 105th plenary meeting held between May 15 and 16, 2024; a statement from the council noted.

However, “all recommended candidates are expected to be sworn in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective State Governors,” said, the council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, in a statement dated May 16, 2024, and sighted by PUNCH Online on Friday, May 17, 2024.

The NJC had resolved to issue warning letters to Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court; Justice G. B. Brikins-Okolosi of the Delta State High Court and Justice Amina Shehu of the Yobe State High Court, after the trio was found guilty of different degrees of misconduct.

Ekwo and Brikins-Okolosi were barred from elevation to a higher Bench for two years and three years, respectively.