The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Director of Information, Soji Oye, in Abuja.

The statement indicated that “The acting appointment takes effect from 1, August 2021.

“Hon Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf will be sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, on Monday, August 16, 2021 by 10:00am at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”