The two are Justices Abdu Aboki and Mohammed Garba, who headed the five-man tribunal.
Another two who made the list of four candidates recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court are Justices Tijani Abubakar and Mohammed Saulawa.
A statement by the Director of Information of the National Judicial Council, Soji, said while Justice Abubakar represented the North-East Zone on the apex court’s bench, the rest of Justices Garba, Aboki and Saulawa, are to represent North-West.
According to Oye, the current 12 Justices, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammed, comprised two Justices from North Central, one from the North-East, one from North-West, three from South-East, one from the South-South and three from the South-West.
The Supreme Court, currently with twelve Justices on its bench, has been seeing a steady decline in the number of the Justices in the last two years.
The newly recommended four nominees will add to the previous four, to make a new list of eight candidates recommended for appointment to the apex court’s bench.
