Nigerian-Born Oxford Professor Dapo Akande Elected to International Court of Justice

Prof. Dapo Akande, a Nigerian-born international law scholar and Oxford professor, has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He stood as the United Kingdom’s candidate and won the required majorities in voting by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. The UK government confirmed his election, and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jimoh Ibrahim, congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the development.

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