Buhari had on Friday suspended Onnoghen and immediately appointed Tanko Mohammed as acting CJN.
Explaining his reason, the President said he suspended Onnoghen, following an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asking him to wield the big stick.
In a statement forwarded to DAILY POST, Agbakoba made it clear that Buhari’s action “is the most brazen assault on Nigeria’s constitutional history” and criticized Mohammed for accepting to be sworn in.
“President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is the most brazen assault on Nigeria`s constitutional history.
“The President has obviously not listened to the advice of the Hon. Attorney General of the Federation or the Attorney General of the Federation has misadvised him or both.
“President Buhari claims that the suspension of the Chief Justice Onnoghen is pending the determination of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. This is simply not true. The CCT itself adjourned proceedings in respect of Justice Onnoghen`s matter in order to determine if it had jurisdiction to try Justice Onnoghen. The President`s decision contravenes the Ruling of the CCT.
“There are at least six (6) pending cases in superior courts of Nigeria and one in the Court of Appeal. All these cases ruled that Justice Onnoghen should remain in office pending when all cases against him are resolved. These Rulings bind the President of Nigeria. In any case Section 292 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria sets out the procedure for removing or suspending the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The power to suspend or remove the Chief Justice of Nigeria vests in the Senate side of the National Assembly.
“For all these reasons the purported suspension of Chief Justice Onnoghen is the gravest insult to Nigerian constitution in history. It is difficult to understand how President Buhari will expect my vote of confidence in the February polls if he wantonly denigrates and desecrates our Constitution.
“I call on all Nigerians to take the strongest possible view of the President`s conduct. I am shocked that Mr. Justice Mohammed Tanko would have offered himself to be sworn in as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
“I call on the Chief Justice of Nigeria to refuse to be pushed out of office. The NBA must rise to resist this assault to our constitution.
Our judges must rise; Civil Society Organizations must rise. This is potentially the beginning of our descent into constitutional anarchy.”

http://dailypost.ng/2019/01/25/onnoghen-buhari-insulted-constitution-agbakoba-reacts-cjns-suspension/

All we need is action

Not just to only condemn which will later die down

National assembly should reconvene and serve buhari an impeachment notice

Swearing in another Notherner has now confirmed we 're in federal republic of northern Nigeria.
Apart from rigging, I wonder the kind of magic APC want to use to win election.

Yes oooo

When all these reactions go end. I sabi say e sha no fit cause earthquake. Both Buhari and Atiku followers been reacting since the suspension. Saraki is the most powerful man to deliver judgment right now.

You you did not insult Yourself?






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Let's make Money forget all this Nonsense

I don talk ontop dis mata taya.......ma jus read comments
But buhari gas go back go daura.....shikena

Buhari as the president is an Insult to the constitution, Nigeria and Africa

But, we are familiar with the insults

Isoright
As in ehnnnn
Bros J go just dey laugh now
I mean Bros Jonathan

We are so corrupt in Nigeria that we don’t know what is good for us

This is not about PDP or APC!!!! This is about a bad precedence for our democracy!. Not everything is political...... Atlist even if you are an ardent supporter of a particular party, at list u should think for once! THINK!!!!

This is clearly anti Democracy. Wether PDP or APC or any party u belong to.... This isn't right in all ramification!!!!

I was like your corrupt cjn that forgot the law did not insult the Constitution? You losers must change whether you like it or not.

I'm enjoying the tears from this debacle. I don't think i've seen this much wailing since I was born. I can literallly taste the salt off my screen.

Everybody just yapping dem own... PDP can try another time .... they lost this round ,AGAIN..

Useless wails

Wail till end of time...we don't care.

We now see his true colours

Saraki and the rest should commence proceedings for the immediate impeachment of this bad luck. In doing that, they should copy the international community and the US

Dis man is full of lifeless activities obviously acting on wat osho and tinubu has told him.....Naija is in a state of anarchy

Some people will soon turn the thread to tribal fight now.

just watch

our constitution has been bastardised

mess off Agbakoba

The CJN who said he forgot to declare assets did not kill Nigeria abi?

Buhari just made himself most talked about Nigerian for the next 24hrs

OK

Insult ko, add salt ni..

Is it the constitution that has been raped hardcore that this one is talking about being insulted?

It just pains me a lot that we have a VP who is both a pastor and A senior lawyer, a SAN for that matter.

Unless his own SAN means "Senseless Advocate Of Nigeria"

Now I know that Jubril is ready to burn this country!

Right before our eyes, Nigeria is burning!

We are back in the days of military

Buhari will continue to fish out corrupt personalities out of our system.. Before the 2023 election, he would have been able to fish out all corrupt persons in Nigeria. God bless PMB