President Muhammadu Buhari on
Friday suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeira (CJN), Justice Walter
Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal.
The President announced the suspension of the CJN at a brief ceremony at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
According to the president, the suspension is as result of the ongoing trial of Onnoghen by the CCT and subsequent order of the tribunal directing him to suspend him, pending the completion of his trial.
NAN reports that President has since sworn in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, from Bauchi State, as the acting CJN.
President Buhari’s speech on suspension of CJN, Onnoghen
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE SUSPENSION OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE WALTER NKANU SAMUEL ONNOGHEN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA AND SWEARING IN OF ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, 25 TH JANUARY 2019
