After several weeks of behind the scene maneuvering and closed door meetings with the cabal in the Presidential Villa, President Muhammadu Buhari, of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, on Friday , January 25, 2019, finally suspends Walter Kanu Onnoghen, as the Chief Justice of Nigeria,CJN.

Given reasons for the action, Buhari said he acted based on an order the Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT), issued on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, , directing the suspension of Onnoghen, the CJN, from office. Dalandi Umar, Chairman, CCT, was said to have issued the order which was served by the President that the embattled CJN has to be suspended from office pending the final determination of the case against him at the Tribunal.

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