President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment Justice Ibrahim M. Bukar as the Acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Justice Bukar's appointment is coming on the heels of the sudden resignation of the former CJ, Justice Lawal Gummi.
A statement by the Acting Director of Information of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Mr. Soji Oye, said Justice Bukar would be sworn-in today by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar.
The event, the statement added, would hold at the CJN's Chambers at 10:00am.
Justice Gummi was said to have cited the need to fill the vacant stool of emir of Gummi community in Zamfara State following the death of the former emir, Alhaji Aliyu Abara, as reason for his resignation.
The former CJ is one of the many judges whose cases are pending before the NJC headed by Chief Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar.
National Mirror