BREAKING: President Buhari Swears In Tanko Mohammed As Acting CJN Amidst Onnoghen Suspension Saga

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

President Buhari announced the suspension at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja today.

Time to defend that which we achieved with our blood. Buhari illegally suspends Onnoghen and swears in Tanko his kin.

It will not happen in a democracy what madness

— Eugene Lee Jnr ➐ (@Eugene_okes) January 25, 2019

It will be recalled that Naija News had earlier today reported  how the embattled denied ever resigning his office as Cheif Justice of Nigeria

He said the suspension followed the order of the CCT directing him to suspend Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial. The President has sworn in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as the acting CJN. Mohammed who hails from Bauchi state is the most senior justice of the Supreme Court.

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