Number of supreme court justices drops to 13 as Abdu Aboki retires
POLITICS DIGEST- The number of justices of the supreme court has further depleted following the retirement of Abdu Aboki.
Aboki clocked 70 years on August 5, 2022, being the statutory retirement age for justices of the supreme court.
However, the valedictory court session could not hold due to the annual vacation of the court.
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In a statement issued on Sunday, Festus Akande, the court’s director of press and information, said the valedictory session is scheduled to hold on Thursday, September 15 at 10am.
Aboki is the third justice to retire in 2022 after the retirement of Mary Peter-Odili and Ejembi Eko.
Also, Ibrahim Mohammad, former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), resigned under controversial circumstances in June.
With Aboki’s exit, the number of supreme court justices drops to 13 as against the maximum requirement of 21.
