Following the controversy sparked by the comment lawyer-turned-politician and former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke made on the legality of the swearing-in of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun by President Bola Tinubu as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, in acting capacity, without the parliamentary imprimatur, Vanguard’s Law and Human Rights, in this edition, examines relevant provisions of section 231 (1)&(4) of the 1999 Constitution on the procedure for filling the vacant position of CJN, relied upon by Duke with the perspectives of senior lawyers in the country to interrogate the issue.