Reacting to the suspension of the CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said it was unfortunate that the federal government abused all constitutional methods to execute the sack of Justice Onnoghen.

LEADERS of thought, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, Thursday warned that the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari and replacing him with Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed is a serious constitutional crisis.

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development , AIED, has condemned the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Condcut Tribunal.

The source stated that majority of the lawyers who took turns to address the meeting agreed that the action of government was a clear assault on the judiciary and that if allowed, government may extend the assault on them also

There was a sharp division among members of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, yesterday, over an application that sought to suspend further proceedings in the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the service of an interim order and hearing notice on the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Malam Danladi Umar.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has said that the Minister of Transportation was behind the plot to destroy the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onoghen.

Constitutional lawyer and former President of Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to court over moves to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, over his alleged non-declaration of assets.

This prosecution, for the records, is unprecedented. No CJN before now has been charged in a court of law for any offences. Chief Justice  Onnoghen is head of the Nigerian Judiciary and whenever a government moves against the head of a Judiciary, if the lessons of history teach us something, it is often a red flag.

Poised for a fight, the Federal Government, has ordered the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, to immediately freeze five bank accounts belonging to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has halted plans to arraign Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

A Lagos-based Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa says the charges pending before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen are illegal.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has directed that the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, should be served on him personally.

DEPUTY Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has advised the Federal Government to withdraw the charges against the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen and also apologise to the nation’s judiciary.