A Second Republic lawmaker,
Junaid Mohammed, has reacted to insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari
suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen in a bid to rig
the forthcoming presidential election.
Speaking with Dailypost,
Mohammed said there was no proof linking Onnoghen’s suspension to the alleged
move to rig the forthcoming election.
The lawmaker stated that Onnoghen
was not above the law, hence should be suspended since there was a “prima facie
evidence’ against him.
Mohammed said: “As far as I’m
concerned, there is a prima facie evidence against Onnoghen and when you have
such evidence, that is all you need to suspend the CJN, he is not above the
law. There is nowhere in the Nigerian constitution that the CJN is above the
law.
“Mind you, before Onnoghen was
confirmed, there were lots of controversies, the government was very reluctant
to swear him in for a number of reasons which were not challenged. If he thinks
because he comes from the South-South and is a Senior lawyer, nothing can touch
him then that is sheer nonsense.
“If he thinks he is above the law
because he is a lawyer and has risen to the height of the CJN, then we are
talking nonsense and this is anarchy and such can never exist side by side with
democracy.”
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