The newly appointed Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court, Salisu Garba, has resigned.
According to a statement released on Monday, August 2, by his senior special assistant on media Ahuraka Isah, Garba voluntarily resigned to enable him to take up the position of administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI).
The statement read in part;
“The National Judicial Institute board of governors, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (OFR), at its meeting held on the 15th July 2021 appointed honourable Justice Salisu Garba as the administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI),” the statement reads.
“Justice Garba has taken over from the honourable Justice Rosaline Patricia Irorefe Bozimo (Rtd), whose tenure as the administrator of the institute came to an end on 31st July, 2021.
“Justice Garba, who was until his new appointment, the chief judge of the federal capital territory high court, has voluntarily retired to enable him to resume at the institute.
Garba was appointed acting chief judge of the FCT high court in January, 2021, after his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In April, his nomination as substantive chief judge was confirmed by the senate, and was subsequently sworn in on July 7.