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Al Jazeera Staff

Nigeria gets new chief justice amid ‘all-time’ low judicial trust

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the nation in Abuja, Nigeria on April 13, 2020 [Reuters]

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in a new acting chief justice, barely hours after the resignation of the previous one.

In a swearing-in ceremony on Monday in the capital, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola took the oath of office to replace Tanko Muhammad, who stepped down earlier in the day, citing health reasons.

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