Mary Odili Reveals What People Do Not Know About The Chief Justice Of Nigeria

<h4>Mary Odili Reveals What People Do Not Know About The Chief Justice<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports what Nigerians and indeed&comma; the world do not know about the Chief Justice of Nigeria&comma; Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has been revealed by retired Justice Mary Ukaego Odili&comma; who bowed out the bench recently&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking in a ceremony on Friday&comma; the retired Justice of the Supreme Court took the audience memory lane&comma; exposing the other sides of the Chief Justice of Nigeria which have remained unknown to many&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mrs Odili who spoke at the commissioning of the Justice Mary Odili Judicial Institute&comma; Port Harcourt&comma; built and named in her honour by governor Nyesom Wike&comma; recalled an unforgettable experience she had with Justice Kayode in 2011&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to her&comma; some names have been slelected for elevation to the Supreme Court by the then Goodluck Ebele KJonathan’s adminisnistartion&period; Among the selected names from the Court of Appeal were herself and Justice Kayode including others&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She narrated that at the Senate screening&comma; Justice Olukayode Ariwoola was disqualified for reasons that were not clear to everyone at that time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rather than depressed and move out&comma; Justice Ariwoola decided to stay behind to lend supports to her screening&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the process&comma; the revered Justice got friendly with her three daughters who accompanied her to the screening venue in the Senate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He started taking photographs&period; He practically took over the photography party of my screening session&period; He calls my children triplets&period; He supported me in great measures&period; He has strength of characters&period; He was not screened to be made Justice of Supreme Court in 2011&period; But he eventually made it to the Supreme Court and today&comma; he is the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Chief Justice of Nigeria&comma; CJN&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;When you are not chosen today&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t know what God has for you tomorrow&period; With Justice Kayode as CJN&comma; the future is bright for judiciary in Nigeria&comma;” Mary Odili disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola was appointed CJN on 27 June 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18380" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18380" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-18380" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Justice-Mary-Odili-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mary Odili Reveals" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18380" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Mary Odili&comma; former Justice of Supreme Court<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;