President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to consider and confirm the nominations of two judges as Justices of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter conveying the request after the Senate returned from closed-door session on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The nominated judges are Sidi Bage, Nasarawa State, North Central; and Paul Jauro, Taraba State, North East.<\/p>\n
In the letter read by Saraki, President Buhari said his request followed Section 231(2) of the Constitution of Nigeria, as amended.<\/p>\n
Jauro, who was born on June 26, 1954, became judge of the High Court in 1998. Ten years afterwards, he was appointed Justice of the Court Appeal.<\/p>\n
Bage, born on June 22, 1956, became Federal High Court Judge in 1992 before his appointment as Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2000.<\/p>\n
The two Judges had been recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the National Judicial Council.<\/p>\n
Their nominations came amid a clampdown on allegedly corrupt judges in the High, Appeal and the Supreme Courts, by the Department of State Security Service, DSS.<\/p>\n
Of the 15 said to be under investigation, seven were arrested weekend but were granted bail on Monday on self-recognisance.<\/p>\n
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