News just reaching us say that members of the Nigerian Bar Association, the national interest defenders and lawyers in defense of democracy are protesting the suspension of the chief justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen at the NBA secretariat, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen and swore-in Justice Tanko Mohammed as replacement on Friday.
The protesters 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.
