The police have early Monday sealed off the office of the
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter
Onnoghen, who was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, last Friday, sources
at the Supreme Court confirmed.
In a move that appeared to stop any possibility of Onnoghen
to accessing the office, policemen were said to have sealed the office and
ejected all administrative staff in the axis of the CJN office as early as 7am
on Monday.
This came as the National Judicial Council has fixed Tuesday
for an emergency meeting to deliberate on the sudden suspension of Onnoghen and
swearing in of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Acting CJN by President Buhari.
On Friday, President Muhammadu
Buhari swore in Tanko Mohammed as the new CJN, pending the determination of the
case against Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Buhari based his action on an
order of the CCT. The chief justice is accused of false assets declaration.
Onnoghen was suspended on the eve
of swearing in members of the 2019 national assembly, governorship and state
assembly election petition tribunals which Mohammed did on Saturday.
When contacted Awusam
Bassey, media aide to Onnoghen, he confirmed the ejection of staff and sealing
off of the office.
“It’s true, it’s true,” Bassey said.
Frank Mba, police spokesman,
could not be reached for comments on the latest development.
More to follow...
Buhari really want to deal with this guy
ReplyDeleteThis is pure witch-hunt
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