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Buhari Plot. To Sideline Onnoghen by emperorAY(m): 6:25am On Jan 18, 2017 |
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA— Bini Lawyers Forum, yesterday, accused President
Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to sideline Justice Walter
Onnoghen from becoming the substantive Chief Justice of
Nigeria, CJN.
The group, in a statement in Abuja, alleged that the
President deliberately refused to forward Onnoghen’s
name to the Senate for confirmation owing to the fact that
he is a Christian.
“The forum wishes to note with dismay the plot by some
Northern interest/forces led by President Buhari to jettison
laid down rules, procedure and convention in the
appointment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by the planned
removal of Justice Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria
simply because he is a Christian and from the South-South
zone of Nigeria in order to pave way for the appointment
of a Northern candidate.
Justice Onnoghen
“It is sad to note that the President has willfully and
deliberately refused to act on the recommendation of the,
National Judicial Commission, NJC, by refusing to send the
name of Justice Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria to
the Senate for confirmation three months after the receipt
of recommendation from the NJC.
“In line with the written script of the Northern forces as
executed by the President, Justice Onnoghen was sworn in
as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria in order to perfect
their plan to oust him at the expiration of three months to
pave way for a Northern candidate.
“We wish to note that Justice Onnoghen, who is presently
the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, by
providence is the first Southern Justice of the Supreme
Court to qualify for the position of CJN in about 30 years
after the retirement of Justice Ayo Irikefe in 1987. It will be
recalled that after the exit of Justice Irikefe, subsequent
occupants of the position came from the North.
“In the light of the above, we humbly demand the
immediate submission of the name of Justice Onnoghen to
the Senate for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice
of Nigeria in line with the provisions of the Constitution.
“We enjoin all well-meaning Nigerians to reject and
condemn this dangerous precedent set by President Buhari
in the governance of Nigeria, as the President has been
driving governance on the wheel of ethnicity and religion
since his assumption of office.” |
Re: Buhari Plot. To Sideline Onnoghen by OfficialAwol(m): 6:47am On Jan 18, 2017 |
Onnoghen is neither Fulani nor Muslim, so what makes people think the bigot would accept him? Who else is not surprised like i ain't? |
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