Pioneer CJ's son becomes Kwara CJ
Justice Kawu who is the most senior judge in the state High Court, took over from Justice Ayinla Bamgbola who retired last week.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Tuesday swore-in the new CJ, charging him to rededicate himself to the task of lifting the state judiciary to greater heights.
The swearing-in was preceded by the confirmation of the Chief Judge’s appointment by the State House of Assembly after he was screened by the legislative arm.
Ahmed in his letter to the House dated December 10, 2014, said Justice Kawu had been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for the appointment.
He said Justice Kawu’s name was nominated for screening and confirmation in line with section 271 (1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The governor while inaugura-ting the new CJ commended the state judiciary for a rancour-free change of baton, urging Justice Kawu to sustain the harmony in the arm of government which, he said, remains the last hope of the common man.
He urged the CJ to build on his past record of hard work for the growth of law and quick dispensation of justice in the state.
The new CJ promised to redouble his efforts and take the state’s judiciary to the forefront of Nigeria’s judiciary. He called for the autonomy of the judiciary as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.
Born on January 4, 1958, Justice Kawu had served as Acting Chief Judge of Kwara between 2010 and 2012.
He hails from lkokoro compound off Niger Road in llorin South Local Government area of the state.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Aliyu U. Tilde Olokoba Sulyman Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi Aisha Buhari General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Special Agro-Industrial Hub FOMWAN Shonga Farm Project Iqra Books Hausa Yunus Lawal Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim Abdulwaheed Musa Wole Oke Adanla-Irese Ilorin Curfew Igbomina Arca Santa Valsolar Wahab Isa Balogun Gambari Babajide Ajayi Rotimi Oyedepo Taofik Abdulkareem Kola Olota Aliyu Muyideen Talaka Parapo Madawaki Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship Jawondo Lateef Alagbonsi Jumoke F. Ajao Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Bola Magaji Law School Scholarship Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu Just Law Forum Sarakite Ishola Abdullahi Iyabo Adewuyi Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Henry Olaosebikan Ibrahim Mohammed Charles Ibitoye Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Kayode Alabi College Of Education Falokun-Oja Bolakale Saka Tunde Kazeem Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan Okala Baba Oniwa Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Amule Elementary School Dan-Kazeem Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Folashade Omoniyi Adama Isa Lithium Deposit Abdulrauf Aliyu Demola Banu African Democratic Congress Sidikat Alaya Mamman Saba Jibril CBT Tafida New Model Police Station Kazeem Oladepo Abdulfatai Baakini Abdulganiyu Oladosu Busari Alabi Alausa International Vocational Centre Mohammed Yahaya Barki Muritala Olarewaju

