- Says “It’s a day to appreciate a story of incredible spirit, resilience & values
Law teacher and former Chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has commended the Senate’s conformation of Hon. Justice Jummai Hannatu Sankey’s as a justice of the Supreme Court.
Odinkalu in a series of tweets on the event said as: “Today is a day to appreciate a story of incredible spirit, resilience & values. Amidst the decrepitude that has beset the #NigerianJudiciary, Jummai Hannatu Sankey exemplifies the reality that you cannot put a good person down even in a bad system.”
Justice Sankey’s elevation to the apex court’s bench was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday.
Below are Odinkalu’s tweets.
According to a video on X, formerly Twitter, Sankey who is the presiding justice of the Court of Appeal, Owerri division, and one of the 11 nominees expressed worry that there was not a single lawmaker from her state of origin, Plateau, among the committee members.
She, however, took consolation in the fact that there was a senator from Kaduna State in the team. She stated that her husband hailed from Kaduna State and according to her, the Kaduna lawmakers were also her husbands.
“I come from Plateau State. I have noticed that I don’t have any representative backing me here. But, my state by marriage is Kaduna State.
Justice Sankey is a former Chair of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Plateau State.
