Senate withdraws case at Supreme Court over Onnoghen’s suspension

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The Senate has withdrawn the case it filed at the Supreme Court
against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice
Walter Onnoghen.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser to the President of the Senate
on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on
Monday.

Olaniyonu said the discontinuation of the case followed the
intervention of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the matter. The
case was slated for hearing at the apex court on Tuesday.

The decision, according to him, “affirms the confidence of the Senate
in the ability of the NJC to successfully and creditably resolve the
matter.

Onnoghen was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Jan. 25 on
the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) where the CJN is facing
trial for alleged false asset declaration.

Buhari immediately swore in Justice Tanko Muhammed, the most senior justice of the Supreme Court, as acting CJN.

The president’s action sparked criticisms from some Nigerians,
including the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who dismissed the
suspension as unconstitutional.

Four days later, Saraki said the Senate had filed a case at the apex
court to challenge the president’s action, a move disowned by the APC
caucus.

Rising from an emergency meeting on the matter on Tuesday, the NJC
gave Onnoghen and Muhammad seven working days to respond to petitions
written against them.