Her Excellency, the Governor, Ms. Dileeni Daniel Selvaratnam, acting on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission in accordance with section 87(1)(a) of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (as amended) has appointed The Hon. Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre as a judge in the Supreme Court, Criminal Division, sitting in Grand Turk, effective 1st October 2025.
Hon. Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993. Thereafter, he practiced with several leading law firms in Nigeria for 20 years before being appointed a judge in Nigeria in 2013.
Justice Bakre was then, in 2018, seconded on technical assistance by the National Judicial Council in Nigeria to support the judiciary in The Gambia on a 3-year contract, along with 2 other Nigerian judges. Upon completion of the initial term, the Gambian judiciary requested an extension of his contract for another term for meritorious performance.
In 2023, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court appointed Justice Bakre as a judge of the Supreme Court to sit at the Criminal Court in Antigua and Barbuda on a 2-year contract.
Having worked in three different Commonwealth jurisdictions, Justice Bakre comes with a wealth of experience in civil and criminal practice both as a practitioner and as a judge.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators in Nigeria and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the United Kingdom.
He is married with children.
We welcome Justice Bakre to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
