President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, conferred the second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, who resigned from office on health grounds.
Speaking while swearing in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as acting CJN, at the State House, President Buhari said the award was being conferred on the jurist for the good work he did while in the saddle as CJN.
He said under Justice Muhammad’s watch, the judiciary exercised its powers in line with the provisions of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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