The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Justice Joseph Oyewole as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The confirmation came after the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire (APC, Ondo Central).
Presenting the report, Adegbonmire urged the Senate to receive and adopt the committee’s findings on the nomination of Justice Oyewole, who currently serves as a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
He said, “That the Senate do Receive and Consider the Report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters on the confirmation of the nomination of Hon. Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”
President Bola Tinubu had last Tuesday forwarded a letter to the Senate seeking Oyewole’s confirmation in line with Section 231(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The letter was read on the floor by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The correspondence read, “Pursuant to Section 231 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
“I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the appointment of Hon. Justice Oyewole Kayode as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”
The request was subsequently referred by Akpabio to the Senate Committee on Judiciary for screening and report, a process that culminated in Tuesday’s confirmation.
