Justice Tanko Muhammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is reportedly absent from the inauguration of the 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) scheduled to hold today, Monday, December 14.
AllNews learnt that the Chief Justice is meant to preside over Monday's new legal year ceremony of the Supreme Court.
The absence of Justice Tanko Muhammad was noticed after the other 19 Justices of the apex court filed into the courtroom, marking the commencement of the programme at about 10:02 am.
However, the reason for Muhammad’s absence was not disclosed as the event began immediately with the administering of oaths to the new SANs.
In the absence of the CJ, the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour presided over the event. Rhodes-Vivour serves as the Deputy Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC), ranking next to the CJN as the chairman.
The inauguration of new SANs always holds during the ceremony marking the commencement of the new legal year of the Supreme Court has always been presided by the sitting CJN.
Justice Muhammad’s absence from Monday’s event appears to be unplanned as only on December 7, 2020, the Director of Press of the Supreme Court, Festus Akande, disclosed in a statement that the CJN would preside over the event and give an address on the state of the nation’s judiciary as well as the Supreme Court’s plan for the new 2020/2021 legal year.
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