The National Judicial Council (NJC) at the council meeting on December 1 recalled and reinstated Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as a judicial officer and a judge of the Federal High Court.
A circular dated Dec. 5th, signed by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, was distributed to all judges of the court of the decision.
The circular read: “Your Lordships are by this Circular letter notified that at the Meeting of the National Judicial Council held on the 1st of December, 2022, the Council reinstated the Hon. Justice R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia as a Judicial Officer.
“The reinstatement takes instant effect and there shall be consequential posting.”