The Oyo State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Subulade Yerima as the substantive chief judge of the state.
She was confirmed on Wednesday during the assembly`s plenary following the recommendation of the House Committee on Public Petitions and Judiciary.
She has been acting as the chief judge of the state since January 16, following the retirement of Justice Muntar Abimbola.
Abiodun Fadeyi, the deputy speaker of the house presided over the confirmation of her appointment.
Addressing the house after her confirmation, she said a greater challenge has been vested on me, to make Oyo State judiciary a pride of South West, and Nigeria.
She promised to ensure that things are in order in the state while ensuring digitalisation for effectiveness in the Oyo judiciary system.
“We will also ensure infrastructure in our courts because there are a lot of things that need to be in order, so we’ll make sure that everything is put in place and ensure that Oyo State is the pride of Africa,” she said
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Describing her, some lawmakers said Yerima is a woman of integrity whose appointment would foster a rapid transformation of the judicial system in the state.
About the new CJ
she was born on September 8, 1958, into the Akinloye family of Oje-Itutaba Ibadan, in Ibadan North East Local Government. Attended Omolewa Nursery and Primary School, Oritamefa, Ibadan, from 1962 to 1969 and St Margret Girl’s Secondary School, Ilesa from January 1970 to July 1974.
She also attended Ibadan Grammar School from 1974 to 1975 and did her A-level programme at The Polytechnic, Ibadan from 1975 to 1977.
A graduate of the then the University of Ife (now O.A.U) Ile-Ife, from 1977 to 1981, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Philosophy, before proceeding to the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom (September 1981 to December 1983) for her L.L.B.
She proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos for her B.L. (Barrister at Law) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. She served her NYSC in the Faculty of Law, University of Ife, as an Assistant to the Faculty Officer and in the Law Reporting Section, from 1985 – 1986.
She began her legal career in Kaduna state, with her pupillage at Baba Amartey & Co. (Barristers & Solicitors) and went on to set up her own flourishing Law office/Chambers – Yerima & Co. (Barristers & Solicitors) also in Zaria, Kaduna State, from May 1986 to April 2001.
She was sworn in as a Judge of the High Court of Oyo State in June 2001.