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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Lasskeey: 5:32pm On Nov 10, 2016
cool
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by kcnwaigbo: 5:32pm On Nov 10, 2016
kahal29:



Tot as much too
Buhari can't do Nada without the NJC. The constitution also grant's the NJC the powers to extend his tenure beyond three months should the president fail to forward his name to the Senate
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by AlPeter: 5:33pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice
your hypocrisy stinks to high heaven. If it was a northerner you won't remember its the constitution. bigoted hypocrites

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by loopmangoat(m): 5:33pm On Nov 10, 2016
Buhari is lucky he swore in the cjn
If he had done the contrary he would have been finished by now
Pedophilic president
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by LUV1: 5:38pm On Nov 10, 2016
There is no God as Jesus.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by loopmangoat(m): 5:40pm On Nov 10, 2016
AlPeter:
your hypocrisy stinks to high heaven. If it was a northerner you won't remember its the constitution. bigoted hypocrites
The guy told you the truth
Why are you fraudstrated
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by OlatunbosunAb13: 5:42pm On Nov 10, 2016
He was sworn in as acting CJN because his nomination is still subject to confirmation from the Senate. PMB only acted on the recommendation of NJC as the most senior Judge in the country. This appointment has nothing to do with any ulterior motive from PMB who still has the constitution Power to reject such a recommendation and ask the NJC to forward any other name that catches his fancy.

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by erinalex: 5:42pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice
u commented as if our rulers has been following constitution before. Nigeria president ALWAYS has a choice. Mr president can decide to come up with an unreasonable reason for him to have his way, don't tell me that, u don't know they do this often. Pls grow up.

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by rusher14: 5:42pm On Nov 10, 2016
Diadala:

Which one is northern cross river again. Una too like to dey marginalize. Next thing now, somebody will say na northerner
Ikom, Ogoja, Obanliku etc.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Ade3000yrs(m): 5:43pm On Nov 10, 2016
go to farm
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Nobody: 5:50pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice
There is no such provision in the constitution that stipulates that the most senior supreme court justice must take over, it is only a tradition that has been adhered to from the beginning. The constitution only mandates that the president appoints a CJN on recommendation from the NJC, and even at that he has the right to reject the nominee and demand for a new name. Buhari merely followed set precedent and not like he had no choice like you falsely insinuate.

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by LUV1: 5:56pm On Nov 10, 2016
EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN A GAIN HE CAN NOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by chrisxxx(m): 6:04pm On Nov 10, 2016
Body language of Trump. No more impunity!
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by falxx: 6:07pm On Nov 10, 2016
donphilopus:
Those unrepentant sadists who thought his name would be substituted for a Muslim Northerner would be disappointed. I'm very certain he would be confirmed and eventually made the substantive CJN of the Federation. I believe there's a reason he was sworn-in in acting capacity.
Ask yourself if Buhari had another choice other than to swear him in. Some poeple too dull
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by obyrich(m): 6:12pm On Nov 10, 2016
Paentera:


Forgive the poster, na ignorance of the highest order. One of the key reasons Nigeria remains where it is. Lack of exposure.
The thing tire me o grin
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Asiwaju9ja(m): 6:27pm On Nov 10, 2016
Northerner Again?? LOL
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Abel202: 6:27pm On Nov 10, 2016
Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As ""Acting"" Chief Justice Of Nigeria.

Buhari the tribalist King of the North trying so hard to ensure that every arm and parastatal of government remains under the leadership of Northerners. If he had no ulterior motive he would have forwarded his name to the Senate and he would not have been sworn in today under "acting" capacity - another first in the evil scores of firsts under Buhari. We are watching of course ..
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by troy9090: 6:38pm On Nov 10, 2016
megrimor:
It is constitutional he does so. He has no say over this else he would have acted otherwise.
thanÆ™ you jare...
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Remii(m): 6:50pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice
just like gej had no choice in swearing in the first female cjn that was celebrated as his achievement
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by alonsogrs: 6:51pm On Nov 10, 2016
akinceleb:
Why in acting capacity? So as to see maybe he will cooperate or not abi? When southern was in president, dey never put nother man on test bcoz dey have respect for rules of law and separation of power . A dictator can never change! Nonsense

you guys should learn to be decorous even as you express your opinions freely!
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by alonsogrs: 6:54pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice

Its cool to make your feelings felt. we disagree even with our parents...should you then stoop to calling them "dullards"? it actually reflects on how you were raised! the president is probably old enough to be your father or perhaps Grand father.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by henryhemon(m): 6:54pm On Nov 10, 2016
OsuOjukwu:
I am sad with the way my people think.
Nigerians please forgive us

Very sad indeed. Some of our people are myopic beyond words.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by henryhemon(m): 6:57pm On Nov 10, 2016
Abel202:
Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As ""Acting"" Chief Justice Of Nigeria.

Buhari the tribalist King of the North trying so hard to ensure that every arm and parastatal of government remains under the leadership of Northerners. If he had no ulterior motive he would have forwarded his name to the Senate and he would not have been sworn in today under "acting" capacity - another first in the evil scores of firsts under Buhari. We are watching of course ..


Am sorry to say this....with all due respect to you.....hatred kills and I dare say you are in no way better than the president as much as you claim he is evil.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by evy1(m): 7:21pm On Nov 10, 2016
DrRasheed:
The only honest igbo
You don take malawi weed abi?
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Abel202: 7:30pm On Nov 10, 2016
henryhemon:



Am sorry to say this....with all due respect to you.....hatred kills and I dare say you are in no way better than the president as much as you claim he is evil.

You can accuse Obasanjo of anything, but you can't call him a tribalist. Yaradua & Jonathan were not tribalists either.
Since Buhari took power, he has not tried to hide his tribalistic nature. He has been so bold & open in his nonsensical Northernisation of every post in Nigeria, that it is plain stupid, dumb and idiotic for anyone to come defending Buhari when he doesn't even care.
Buhari makes it extremly hard and difficult for someone like me to like him. And for your information am better than him.

We are not asking him to fill all the posts with only Igbos, or only Yorubas, or only Southerners. But let him respect the federal character and diversity of Nigeria for his own good and that of Nigeria. If asking for justice to be done means hating Buhari then I have no apologies as I shall keep asking for the right thing to be done, even though he claims he is deaf ....
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by kcnwaigbo: 7:36pm On Nov 10, 2016
chumaster:
the way he made Philip Ofoegbu the substansive DG NTA right?

Buhari has something up his sleeve, I see another Yakubu Ibin Mohammed being called out of retirement to take over. angry
It dosent work that way the procedures for appointing a CJN is well spelt out in the constitution
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by kcnwaigbo: 7:40pm On Nov 10, 2016
kropotkin2:
There is no such provision in the constitution that stipulates that the most senior supreme court justice must take over, it is only a tradition that has been adhered to from the beginning. The constitution only mandates that the president appoints a CJN on recommendation from the NJC, and even at that he has the right to reject the nominee and demand for a new name. Buhari merely followed set precedent and not like he had no choice like you falsely insinuate.
Section 231(4) clearly states only the most senior judge could be appointed as the acting CJN by the president. Furthermore there is no where on section 231 subsection 1&2 where the president is given the powers to reject the nominee presented by the NJC!! Only the confirmation from the Senate is required

CONSTITUTION OF THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1999

Chapter VII
The Judicature
Part I

Federal Courts


A - The Supreme Court of Nigeria
230. (1) There shall be a Supreme Court of Nigeria.
(2) The Supreme Court of Nigeria shall consist of -
(a) the Chief Justice of Nigeria; and
(b) such number of Justices of the Supreme Court, not exceeding twenty-one, as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly.

231. (1) The appointment of a person to the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria shall be made by the President on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council subject to confirmation of such appointment by the Senate.
(2) The appointment of a person to the office of a Justice of the Supreme Court shall be made by the President on the National Judicial Council subject to confirmation of such appointment by the senate.
(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria or a Justice of the Supreme Court, unless he is qualified to practice as a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so qualified for a period of not less than fifteen years.
(4) If the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria is vacant or if the person holding the office is for any reason unable to perform the functions of the office, then until a person has been appointed to and has assumed the functions of that office, or until the person holding has resumed those functions, the President shall appoint the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court to perform those functions.
(5) Except on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, an appointment pursuant to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall cease to have effect after the expiration of three months from the date of such appointment, and the President shall not re-appointment a person whose appointment has lapsed.

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Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by AnanseK(m): 7:42pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice

And that's what has been happening for the last 30 years. So what's your problem?
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by kcnwaigbo: 7:45pm On Nov 10, 2016
AnanseK:


And that's what has been happening for the last 30 years. So what's your problem?
Buhari has refused to send the name of the NJC nominee to the Senate for confirmation!! That is my problem
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Ribaman(m): 7:49pm On Nov 10, 2016
agabusta:
Nice one. Buhari the master strategist is swearing him into office in Acting capacity. If he messes up too much, na to reject his nomination. cheesy

And you are actually proud to write such thoughts publicly? Haba, at least pretend in public to be patriotic Nigerian.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Nobody: 7:51pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice

What section makes that provision? Truly, ignorance is a disease that can only be cured by seeking knowledge.
Re: Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As Acting Chief Justice Of Nigeria by Nobody: 7:52pm On Nov 10, 2016
kcnwaigbo:

It was simply because the constitution made it clear only the most senior judge of the supreme court could be sworn in as acting CJN!!! Your dullard had no choice

What section of the constitution makes that provision? Truly, ignorance is a disease that can only be cured by seeking knowledge.

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