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chosengocap:
"President Buhari has NO RIGHT and no power under the
Constitution and the laws of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is
very explicit on how to remove the CJN in Section 292(1)
(a)(i)."
~Femi Falana

My own into post.

Did anyone argue about this?
President Buhari did not remove the CJN. Thank you

IBBG:
you talk without reasoning. Is the post of CJN equal to or equivalent to CBN? Is CBN one of the three arms of government?

So because CBN is not any of of government it was ok to suspend Sanusi despite the fact that there is similar laod down procedure to remove a CBN governor just like the CJN?

Wallade:
What is not in the constitution can not be inferred to suit Mr President. Don't give me gist about technicalities that don't exist. Do you think we are babies?

Oya go sleep. Lol

As u nor wan learn

Wallade:
Do you have provision for suspension of CJN in the Nigerian constitution? If we have to relly on thr literal meaning of Suspension and Removal, you still don't have a tenable case.

Now u coming to reality. That is what we call technicalities....no provisions so on what bases are u going to argue that he did wrong?

chosengocap:
If the President can remove a Chief Justice based on a
"court order".....then he can also remove ALL Supreme Court
Judges and the INEC Chief...
The President can also replace the entire elected Legislature
with "court orders"
The Governors can also remove State Chief Judges...
The world will not end in 2019.....
Be careful what you condone in 2019.
My own is to post

CCT is different from any other court. Let those u mentioned be found wanting by CCT and they will be removed as the law empowered CCT

rexlims:
I see so many pro APC comparing suspension of d cjn and that of cbn governor.
I will ask a question and I want honest answers.
Who does d cbn governor report to? And who does d cjn report to?
Let us thinks critically and stop playing politics with everything.
Time will definitely tell and I pray when it does we will not be victims of miscarriage of justice.

President na still oga patapata....

As long as we operate under the present constitution, the executive will keep exploiting all this loop holes to trample on other arms of government
Same way corrupt people exploit some loop holes to get away with some crimes

PVision2020:
There are too many lacuna in our constitution, same thing happened when Audu of Kogi died before being declared as the winner, the constitution was silent on on what to do. The National Assembly is expected to collate all this grey areas and lacuna arising from either outright constitutional gap or discrepancies in sematics (removal/suspension) and fix them ASAP. This will safe Nigeria from the constitutional crisis that we presently finds ourselves.

we can't afford to allow the Executive trample on the other arm of government simply because the NASS are not rising to their responsibilities hence giving the Executive the legal leeway to have their way.

I respect you for putting sentiments asides. The bolded is very valid....at least u understand the fact that the constitution is really a flop.

U know there are still some crimes where fine is just 2 naira. Like wearing a camo for impersonation.

Wallade:
Did Mr President follow the procedures of the constitution concerning removal of the CJN? No!

When did this court of competent juridiction serve the purported verdict? Courts don't give verdict in abscence of the prosecution and defendant attorneys. They were all represented in the last court session and there was no such verdict.

I see you are trying to distinguish between suspension and removal. As long as the CJN can not perform his duties in your case of suspension, it is tantamount to removal and there is no valid excuse for the president to inflict such dangerous blow on another arm of government that the president should not control.

Mr man..
U can not change english language...
There is difference between a suspension and removal...
I am sure u saw the order by the CCT....if not, google u will find it. Suspension is not removal...in Law, nothing like assumption or nothing like suspension is tantamount to removal. That is how people win cases or get cases thrown out based on technicalities. Like i said, blame the constitution not the executive.

Wallade:
When Jonathan suspended the CBN governor, several people and I also indicated that it was an aberration. However, there is yet a fundamental issue with the suspension of the CJN that you (supporters of the action) all failed to recognize:

There are three arms of government in Nigeria's democratic system of government: Executive, Judiciary and Legislative arm of government. They are designed to create checks and balances in the system of government and to be independent of control from other arms despite working in harmony to govern the nation appropriately.

The CJN is the head of the Judiciary hence an independent arm of government. The president has no business or power to suspend a CJN especially considering the dictates of the Constitution of Nigeria.

The president desecrated the constitution that he swore to protect with that action; the president went overboard in exercise of his powers.

Weather 3 arms or government or not....
There is still a general head...the president.
The president has the powers to remove as stated in the constitution via some procedures...however the constitution didnt lay down procedures for suspension.
These are 2 different things. Blame the 1999 constitution not the president. Besides a court of competent jurisdiction gave the order....
Same way the constitution did not stipulate hpw.long the EFCC chairman can act, same way the constitution dod not stipulate if the CBN governor can be removed.
All this a technicalities issues with the constitution...
Until it is amended...we are just making noise

naijapips04:
can you point me to the laid down procedures for suspending a CBN governor as contained in the CONSTITUTION ?

I'm waiting. And please don't coward off like your colleagues.

Utilize your smart phone with your hands and brain that God gave u ..

If u wan know...

Google never shut down.....

Except u never fit read and write for 2014 when everu dey happen

Factfinder1:
After kaduna pdp campaign apc just weak..they still find it hard to believe that the home of one of their strongest bigot named El rufai was mamothly atikulated

Dey deceive yourself with this rubbish...lol

naijapips04:
what has CBN governor got to do with a CJN? do you even understand the fundamentals of this matter?

Ask me again?

Same way Sanusi was suspended without ff the laid down procedure to remove a CBN governor is the same way the CJN was suspended. PDP thought APC....

If u nor like am....

Go kill ya sef

nameo:
Complete rubbish

Go.to court as PDP told Sanusi when he was suspended

helinues:
' Suspended ' : Little word but big in our current constitutions as it is already missing .

I did a thread about this.
But lalasticlala nor send me

Na the same technicalities Jonathan take suspend CBN governor.

https://www.nairaland.com/4984812/constitution-removal-how-pdp-thought

Check out this threads

See Hypocrisy of Reno, how he supported suspension of CBN governor. He con dey cry now

https://www.nairaland.com/4984756/hypocrisy-see-reno-omokri-support

See this one again.
How PDP thought APC the supension politics.

https://www.nairaland.com/4984812/constitution-removal-how-pdp-thought

Lalasticlala

IBBG:
This illegality must be roundly condemed and not allowed to stand. Nigeria's democracy is critical to Africa as a whole. If Nigeria goes down, the entire African continent will be affected. That is how strategic Nigeria is to Africa.

Was this your position when sanusi was suspended fir blowing whistle...
Na PDP teach APC...deal with it or shut the hell up

Zansu007:
Buhari supporter are dumb, you claim what the PDP did was wrong and you make reference to the wrongs of the PDP.

The person that came up with that name 'zombies' really did a good job.

SMH

bury ur face in shame.
what is good for goose is good for the gander

Go to court as Sanusi did...
or wait for you case to be concluded, if not guilty my able president will reinstate you.

End of story

The media as been on fire since the suspension of the CJN . A quick flash back will remind us about similar circumstances happened in the heat of the preparations for the 2015 general elections when the the CBN governor was "suspended" from office after blowing the whistle about mind blowing corruption in the NNPC. Though the then president gave other reasons for the suspension, it was widely believed it was in connections to the 2015 elections. The then opposition APC, threw several attacks at the ruling party.

It should be noted that there are guidelines according to the constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria on how both the CBN governor and the Chief Justice of Nigeria can be REMOVED from office. This guidelines are similar in nature with both requiring two third of the senate's resolution.

However the Law was silent about SUSPENSION which is a very different case from REMOVAL. Seeing technical this loophole, the then president exploited and defended his action by claiming the the CBN governor was only SUSPENDED and not REMOVED from office.

A quick look at the dictionary defines SUSPENSION: the temporary prevention of something from continuing or being in force or effect.
while REMOVAL: the dismissal of someone from a job or office.
By this simple definitions, Suspension is seen as TEMPORARY while removal is seen as DEFINITE

Going by technicalities, the constitution only stated how the CBN governor could be Removed (permanent) and not Suspended (temporary)


Fast forward 2019, the technical loop hole in he constitution is being exploited by the sitting President. Going by the concluding part of statements announcing the suspension of both parties , I can conclude that the suspension politics was learnt from events of 2014 suspension of the CBN governor.

see both concluding statements announcing the suspension

President Jonathan:
President Jonathan has further ordered that Mallam Sanusi should hand over to the most senior Deputy Governor of the CBN, Dr Sarah Alade who will serve as Acting Governor until the conclusion of on-going investigations into breaches of enabling laws, due process and mandate of the CBN.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/jonathan-suspends-lamido-sanusi-cbn-gov/

President Buhari:
Accordingly, I hereby suspend the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen, GCON as the Chief Justice of Nigeria pending final determination of the case against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Okoroawusa:
I don't waste my time on a thread that has Reno Omokri as its subject matter


Iranu.!

lol

lalasticlala, mynd44 come and see reno the fake pastor

SalamRushdie:
How does that absolve Buhari from illegality

PDP thought APC the suspension game. so deal with it or cry till 2023!!!

All in the bid to support the removal of sanusi, see what he did.

the then president never address this but kept silent despite being caught in the act/

talk of hypocrisy, see fake pastor:

President Jonathan’s Social Media Aide Reno Omokri Exposed As Author Of Fake Document Linking Ousted CBN Governor To Boko Haram

Reno Omokri, the outspoken Special Assistant on Social Media to President Goodluck Jonathan, was today unmasked as the brain behind a fraudulent attempt to link Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to the recent spike in Boko Haram violence in Borno and Yobe States. In one of the recent attacks, Boko Haram terrorists slaughtered some 60 secondary school students at their boarding house.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/02/26/president-jonathan%E2%80%99s-social-media-aide-reno-omokri-exposed-author-fake-document-linking

Following the suspension of the CJN by president Buhari, I cant but notice that many members of the opposition party who supported and applauded the suspension of the then CBN governor seems to have a different opinion about the suspension of he CJN by president Buhari despite similar guidelines and rules in the constitution about how either of the affected parties could be removed from office. One of the noticeable member of the opposition who happened to be the spokes person of the then president Goodluck Jonathan, who saw nothing wrong with the suspension of the then CBN governor is now one of the mos vocal critics of the action my the president. It is interesting to know that Reno was also linked to a fake document he circulated indicting the then CBN governor of sponsoring terrorism which the then president never addressed.

See below: Rather than address the suspension. Reno chose to attack the the CBN governor-

Reno Omokri: The recent suspension of the erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has ignited a debate on Social Media and as has become typical with many pundits, the discourse has been dominated by sentiments rather than facts.

As Sanusi has indicated that he will be challenging his suspension in court, I will not make this piece about him and recent events surrounding him. Yes, I will cite some examples of double standards as regards the approach taken by some analysts, but in my view, the matter is now best left to the courts.

What I will say however to those who are propagating the propaganda that the President suspended Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to stop him from speaking is this: it was Sanusi’s job that was suspended, not his mouth and anyone who knows him knows full well that he will not let anything come between him and a microphone.

read more: https://ynaija.com/reno-omokri-on-sanusis-suspension-the-opposition-and-politwitters/

Falz holier than thou attitude will land him in trouble! Just saying...
No be only him be musician

Exactly the point....
Just like they applauded Emir Sanusi's suspension
They must not wail against this.
They must also applaud the suspension of a corrupt judge!

deomelo:




[b]I don't remember Jona waiting for the support of two-thirds majority of the Senate before removing CBN GOvernor, SLS.

On point my bro.
I made the same point.
The same pigs applauded Jonathan for removing CBN governor because he blew the "America will know" kind of corruption, same Jonathan removed Salami....they all applauded it...
Now the pigs are crying and whining all over the cyber space

Nothing will happen as we have always told them...
Na online rant everything go end!

jumobi1:
The difference is that the CJ is the head of one of the three arms of government. The Central bank Governor is not. A better comparison is Salami’s suspension.

Mtcheeew.

All this kids sef

My only problem is how is it that the same category of people who applauded the suspension of Emir Sanusi of CBN by Jonthan because he blew the whistle of " America will know" corruption are now shouting and lamenting about Mr President exercising the same powers? Nigeria did not burn then...Nigeria will not burn now...
Buhari will win next elections
Nothing will.happen


All this only noise and rants should stop
Lol

ChiefAzubuike:
Who do you think you're talking to
Do I look like your mate?

Lol...clown.

Off course i nor be ur mate na

ChiefAzubuike:
It's part of what we are saying. Fact that its played in Boston doesn't mean it's played everywhere. Who the fuk is davido in the USA? .

Ok...bye