Updated: Justice Tsoho succeeds Kafarati as FHC Chief Judge

Justice John Tsoho on Friday took the oath of office as the acting chief judge of the federal high court headquarters.

Tsoho is the next most senior judge in line.

The ceremony which was presided over by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, took place at the Ceremonial Court of the Supreme Court in Abuja.

It came 24 hours after the seat of the head of the Federal High Court had been vacant, after the former chief judge, Adamu Kafarati tenure elapses.

Kafarati, retired from the bench on attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 midnight of Thursday.

Meanwhile, Tsoho’s inauguration as the Acting Chief Judge had earlier been suspended in the morning to await clearance from President Muhammadu Buhari.

After the oath taking, the new CJN said it was a constitutional provision that the next most senior judge of the court could be appointed as the Acting Chief Judge pending the conclusion for the process of the substantive CJ of the court.

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