A Political solution to the Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen crisis of integrity rocking the Judiciary is in the works, The Nation has learnt.

A 12-man Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) team has met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on how to resolve the row over Justice Onnoghen’s suspension.

The session at the Presidential Villa was to seek a “soft landing” for the CJN, who is expected to resign in what a source described as a “win-win” situation.

There is a six-point terms of resolution to be delivered to Justice Onnoghen through his confidants, relatives and friends, who will be expected to persuade him to quit.

According to sources close to the talks, the NBA team, led by its National President Paul Usoro (SAN) and two former Presidents met with Osinbajo on Sunday night till the wee hours of Monday in a frank session.

Also at the meeting were senior lawyers, including ex-NBA President A, B. Mahmood (SAN), Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) and others.

A source in NBA, who spoke in confidence, said: “I am aware that 12 of our leaders met with the Vice President, who is a senior member of the bar, on how to find a lasting solution to the crisis in the Judiciary. Some of them have briefed us that they went to the Villa to meet the VP.

“The meeting reviewed the issues which led to the suspension of Onnoghen, including the allegations against the CJN, the filing of charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, restraining orders by some courts and the ex parte order by the CCT

“Our leaders restated the fact that they disagreed on the procedure adopted by the government in handling, Onnoghen matter. They virtually repeated the case presented at the CCT since some of them are Onnoghen’s lawyers. But they said the National Judicial Council (NJC) ought to have handled the matter.

“They also faulted the government for a allegedly trying to desecrate the Judiciary since Onnoghen symbolises the highest authority in this arm of government.

“At the end of the day, they sought for soft landing for the CJN who has no immunity under the 1999 Constitution.

“They also explained that it was wrong for the Acting CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to have made himself available for inauguration when a ruling of the Court of Appeal was being awaited.”

Responding to a question, the source said: “Well, we were told the VP who was with some unnamed people, accorded the NBA team utmost respect. They said he listened to them and assured them that President Muhammadu Buhari or himself will never do anything to destroy the Judiciary.

“The legal and moral burden on Onnoghen were mutually discussed at the session by both the NBA and the government team. It dawned on everybody from NBA that the minimum the government will accept is the resignation of Onnoghen.

“The NBA however sought a dignified exit for Onnoghen through either resignation or retirement without trial. They proposed that the Acting CJN should also proceed on retirement.”

The VP is said to have assured the NBA team that he will convene their requests to the government.

The source put the terms discussed by NBA at the session as follows:

CJN to resign or retire without coercion;
Govt to withdraw all charges against Onnoghen;
no molestation of CJN under any guise;
Acting CJN should quit;
NBA team to prevail on relatives, friends to persuade Justice Onnoghen to resign; and
consensus on the need to clean up the Judiciary (long term measure).
The source added: “To be sure that the parties will keep to the terms, it was agreed that as Onnoghen is quitting his job, the government will simultaneously withdraw the charges against the CJN, the source said.

In a separate development, a minister confirmed last night that some representatives of the CJN had opened talks with the Federal Government on “how to resolve the crisis in the bench” by the two arms of the government.

The source said: “I think dialogue is ongoing but I cannot say much on this. It is in the interest of all to resolve the logjam before we go to the poll.

“The stage we are now is the demand that the CJN should be allowed to retire without prosecution. Those sympathetic also do not want the cash in his accounts seized from him. They were of the strong opinion that the Federal Government also erred in suspending Onnoghen with a suspicious order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

“The government believes the CJN cannot go without forfeiting the huge cash. That is the challenge at hand.

“But while the two sides have opened up dialogue, Onnoghen has gone to the court to challenge his suspension.”



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Cc mynd44
Cc seun
Cc lalasticlala

They’ve all admitted, shame on the judiciary and all those sympathetic to the suspended CJN. They’ve all brought disrepute to our democracy after shouting foul against the action of the presidency.

lolx....

Dey shud contact US,UK,France, EU to help Onga. Slaves! .Nah Bubu El Sudan be president not the famous Otuoke IB guy.He puncture their Dubai strategy/ scam.Thieves

But they said the National Judicial Council (NJC) ought to have handled the matter.......

Oh oh, but no one felt it was ABNORMAL when he postponed NJC meeting indefinitely & called him to order? None of his people thought to prevail on him to leave with his head held on high?


The 1999 constitution needs a clear overhaul, why on earth will it entrust power to discipline in the hands of the accused?


One angle is that it could have been written in good faith cos it's hard to wrap one's head around the fact that the chief gate keeper of fairness & justice would be such a shameless thieving rogue...

some representatives of the CJN had opened talks with the Federal Government on “how to resolve the crisis in the bench” by the two arms of the government.

Talks? Code for "BEG"..... Too little , too late .

“The stage we are now is the demand that the CJN should be allowed to retire without prosecution.

He would have gone out with small measure of prife intact if he hadn't been hellbent on fulfilling the terms for which he was paid.... Upturning Buhari election after PDP bomb at the polls.... He assumed they could blackmail Bubu with "Rule of Law" nonsense..

When in a hole , next step is to stay action & seek for help & not dig the whole deeper...

Even me Jane Mo Average called it but people like pa chuwudi44 , the social CJN, solicitor general were somersaulting from thread to thread ....

Pa Chuks 49, how market?

https://www.nairaland.com/4983006/buhari-suspends-cjn-walter-onnoghen#75104307

my best guess is that the ex cjn has asked his friends to lobby on his behalf..

.Wike,Obi,Saraki,Atiku,Fayose Pigs are still snorting/ snoring in their 2 by 2 rooms.

Shame on the NBA. With all their grandstanding, so they still knew how to beg? Hehehehe

The dictatorial Onnoghen who abused the right process for his removal by indefinitely suspending all NJC meetings that should have addressed his case, has already rubbed potor potor on his face with his poor handling of this matter, so I wonder which dignified exit he is looking for? Lol milk wey don pour for ground finish?

I stand with the FG. Onnoghen must RESIGN as a minimum and forfeit his stinking loot. CJ Tanko is going nowhere either, funny the NBA don't realise they're making demands from an incredible point of weakness .

Shame on the NBA. Shame on Pa Shukudi & his pro-corruption brigade. Sai Baba the Sherriff, till 2023.

wonder why fl@theads pigs like to support corrupt pipu?

QuotaSystem:
Shame on the NBA.

.Long time .How u dey

nonsense,
NBA is still claiming right,
they're not ready yet,
thief onnoghen must resign and forfeit every kobo not declared.
and the issue of Tanko shouldn't be issue because president ask Tanko to step in as cjn in order to avoid vacuum at the moment.

moreso thief onnoghen must publicly apologize for all the insult he has cause the presidency, both home and internationally.

Nah. Ain't gon happen. There's no political solution to this case. If the CJN was honorable enough to have done the right thing all this while, he won't be in this mess. He wanted to prove smart and that won't be allowed. He's gon face the full consequences of his actions..... The law has got to run it's full course

modath:


He would have gone out with small measure of prife intact if he hadn't been hellbent on fulfilling the terms for which he was paid.... Upturning Buhari election after PDP bomb at the polls.... He assumed they could blackmail Bubu with "Rule of Law" nonsense..

When in a hole , next step is to stay action & seek for help & not dig the whole deeper...

Even me Jane Mo Average called it but people like pa chuwudi44 , the social CJN, solicitor general were somersaulting from thread to thread ....

Pa Chuks 49, how market?

https://www.nairaland.com/4983006/buhari-suspends-cjn-walter-onnoghen#75104307

Lol You expect me to believe this rubbish from the Nations newspaper owned by Tinubu?

We've never had a clean judiciary.
Go to our prisons to understand better.

handie:
Nah. Ain't gon happen. There's no political solution to this case. If the CJN was honorable enough to have done the right thing all this while, he won't be in this mess. He wanted to prove smart and that won't be allowed. He's gon face the full consequences of his actions..... The law has got to run it's full course

Forget the rubbish from the nations newspaper!!! Does the CJN look like he is looking for a political solution?

Jesusloveyou:
nonsense,
NBA is still claiming right,
they're not ready yet,
thief onnoghen must resign and forfeit every kobo not declared.
and the issue of Tanko shouldn't be issue because president ask Tanko to step in as cjn in order to avoid vacuum at the moment.

moreso thief onnoghen must publicly apologize for all the insult he has cause the presidency, both home and internationally.

When Tanko is sacked by the NJC go and tell them that.Tanko has less than 5% chance of survival

Onnoghen believed Wike that they'll use militants to threaten PMB. Lol.

This Bureau de change man will be used as the perfect scape goat in the war against corruption and will end up behind bars before he'll realize his error of not stepping down immediately the allegations against him were made. At least he probably would have been allowed to go and enjoy his "forgotten" dollars without all these drama.

It was simply silly not to know the FG had plenty dirt on him already. He never "esperedit" that PMB will use "mago-mago" and pull the rug from under his feet.

As for Paul Usoro, your time is coming. You must account for your crimes and vomit Akwa Ibom billions

QuotaSystem:
Shame on the NBA.

Wetin you expect? The senior SANs are in panic mode. They are afraid of what would happen if he decides to take the "dollar facilitators" down with him nah..

All dem Chief * W*** ********** , E******* ***** ,Paul Usoro (Already indicted) & co are jittery and hope at this point they can salvage what's left of the situation.

Bubu I hope won't fold under pressure like he did in the appointment (was reluctant cos of his crimal ways but the ethnic noise was so loud) of BDC Onnoghen in the first place....

PaChukwudi44:

Forget the rubbish from the nations newspaper!!! Does the CJN look like he is looking for a political solution?

He go come ya house come gist u if him dey look for political solution abi?

PaChukwudi44:

Lol You expect me to believe this rubbish from the Nations newspaper owned by Tinubu?

Me I like you for one thing, you nor dey change mind once you get stand, good , bad , terrible, nonsensical, e nor matter.... You dey follow am to da end..... E dey be like housefly wey dey follow rotten corpse enter grave..

modath:


Wetin you expect? The senior SANs are in panic mode. They are afraid of what would happen if he decides to take the "dollar facilitators" down with him nah..

All dem Chief * W*** ********** , E******* ***** ,Paul Usoro (Already indicted) & co are jittery and hope at this point they can salvage what's left of the situation.

Bubu I hope won't fold under pressure like he did in the appointment (was reluctant cos of his crimal ways but the ethnic noise was so loud) of BDC Onnoghen in the first place....

Baba won't fold because the corruption case against Onnoghen is clear for all to see, and believe it or not, most of the ethnic noise is from the SE (not even his SS region) and you know Baba is a pro at playing deaf to their hypocritical tantrums especially when there's a corruption charge hanging.

Everyone go dey alright in a bit

handie:
He go come ya house come gist u if him dey look for political solution abi?

How many times ha he re-iterated that he will never resign? Does Paul Usoro look like someone that will beg the FG?

QuotaSystem:


Baba won't fold because the corruption case against Onnoghen is clear for all to see, and believe it or not, most of the ethnic noise is from the SE (not even his SS region) and you know Baba is a pro at playing deaf to their hypocritical tantrums especially when there's a corruption charge hanging.

Everyone go dey alright in a bit

If you don't mention SE you wont feel alright.Kontinue

PaChukwudi44:

How many times ha he re-iterated that he will never resign? Does Paul Usoro look like someone that will beg the FG?

Continue sleeping on a bicycle seat there.... But come o bros, why you dey like support bad bad things sef?

modath:


Me I like you for one thing, you nor dey change mind once you get stand, good , bad , terrible, nonsensical, e nor matter.... You dey follow am to da end..... E dey be like housefly wey dey follow rotten corpse enter grave..

Just like Saraki case and i was proven right.

handie:
Continue sleeping on a bicycle seat there.... But come o bros, why you dey like support bad bad things sef?

Name the bad things i do support

modath:


Me I like you for one thing, you nor dey change mind once you get stand, good , bad , terrible, nonsensical, e nor matter.... You dey follow am to da end..... E dey be like housefly wey dey follow rotten corpse enter grave..

The guy matter weak me

PaChukwudi44:

Name the bad things i do support

You still dey ask? This is one of them na.... U see corruption koro koro. But nah, u must sha support Onnos