The OccupyNigeria civil society organisation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reverse the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
In a protest letter addressed to the President and signed by the convener of the group said the recent travails of the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN) could be described as the climax of series of inconsistencies in applications of the powers of the President.
It therefore urged President Buhari to give attention to the lengthy backlog of court orders that haven’t been complied with by his administration in the past.
push for necessary amendments of the country’s laws and constitution to ensure speedy and fair trial of cases,
which we promise to mobilize to ensure their passage if and when such is presented to the National Assembly.
He said while the group shares in the belief that “Nigeria is a constitutional democracy and no one must be, or be seen to be, above the law”, but the disregard for due processes while interfering with the activities of an independent arm of government gives the lie to the statement.
“If the CJN’s moral authority were to be truly “so wounded” as to lead to calls for his resignation, how come the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal hasn’t been held to the same standards to save the judicial ATM of further disrepute
If the fight against corruption remains an “existential Policy which must be given adequate attention and commitment by all the three arms of government”, per your address to the nation on the puported suspension of the CJN, why haven’t the likes of Babachir Lawal not been charged for corruption long after being so indicted.
