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Protesters this morning stormed the National Secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to move against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen.
The protesters, under the aegis of National Interest Defenders and Lawyers in Defense of Democracy, carried placards of various inscriptions, including, “Tanko Mohammed, stop parading yourself as CJN;” “NBA must act now by ordering lawyers to down tool;” “Amaechi, El-Rufai, Akpabio, Malami, APC: brains behind Onnoghen’s trial;” “NJC must reconvene now and expel Justice Tanko Mohammed,” among others.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, announced Onnoghen’s suspension and swore-in Justice Tanko Mohammed as Acting CJN.