The United States of America’s Embassy in Nigeria has expressed concerns over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
The US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria according to a statement on its website on Saturday https://ng.usembassy.gov/statement-on-the-suspension-and-replacement-of-the-chief-justice/ said the suspension which was without the support of the legislative arm of government as ‘unconsitutional’.
The statement read: “The Embassy of the United States is deeply concerned by the impact of the executive branch’s decision to suspend and replace the Chief Justice and head of the judicial branch without the support of the legislative branch on the eve of national and state elections.
“We note widespread Nigerian criticism that this decision is unconstitutional and that it undermines the independence of the judicial branch.
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“That undercuts the stated determination of the government, candidates, and political party leaders to ensure that the elections proceed in a way that is free, fair, transparent, and peaceful – leading to a credible result.
“We urge that the issues raised by this decision be resolved swiftly and peacefully in accordance with due process, full respect for the rule of law, and the spirit of the Constitution of Nigeria. Such action is needed urgently now to ensure that this decision does not cast a pall over the electoral process.”
Fake news
why he did not react when sunusi,farida waziri suspended
They should take him to there country and make CJA
I like US embassy. They know how to play and toy PDP. Hahaha
Prince Yemi Badmus buhari arrive in jos greeted by multitude of party supporters (original news) sit down there like mango tree
He temper with the rule OE CCT
Can US allow their CJN have undisclose assets to the code of conduct bureau
Rasheed M. Oladimeji dont mind them
He temper with the cct law of Asset Declaration
You see why you are a cow we are talking about the head of the judiciary arm in Nigeria and you are there showing your ignaramous seif
So US did not concerns about their own judicial system?
NIGERIA CANNOT HAVE 2 CJNs
0. Buhari and his cabal have systematically and strategically destroyed nigeria’s democracy and it’s democratic institutions as recognized by our Constitution. Buhari has destroyed the fabric of our nation.
Nigeria will soon be no more if we allow Buhari to escape with this one too.
1. Suspension of onnoghen is illegal, unconstitutional, unapproved, dictatorial and a desperation to cling to power in 2019.
2. The judiciary is an arm of the governemnt, just like the Senate and the house of reps. If Buhari by prescription cannot remove or suspend the Senate president (though he attempted and failed, thanks to saraki’s ingenuity), cannot remove or suspend the speaker house of reps, why should it then be legal to remove CJN without obeying the rule of law and following due process?
3. Buhari was elected by the nigerian people. Buhari must be made to respect our democratic institutions. This is not a military regime. Buhari must respect our senate, house of reps and our judiciary. Buhari is killing our democracy and we are now sliding Into dictatorship. This cannot be tolerated anymore.
4. Buhari is NOT the constitution of Nigeria.
5. The constitution of Nigeria Is supreme and buhari Is not above the constitution of nigeria. The people of Nigeria elected Buhari as president and the constitution of Nigeria made him president. Buhari cannot ignore the constitution which made him president today.
6. We cannot have 2 CJNs. It is unconstitutional. There is no provision for 2 CJNs in the nigerian constitution. There is also no constitution crisis here. Onnoghen is still the CJN. His suspension by Buhari is invalid according to the Constitution. The constitution of Nigeria is very clear on this.
7. Appointment of acting CNJ is also illegal, unconstitutional and unapproved. The Nigerian constitution is also clear on the appointment of the CJN.
6. President Buhari is an ELECTED president of the federal republic of Nigeria.
7. ELECTED president Buhari MUST:
i. OBEY THE RULE OF LAW
ii. OBEY AND FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION
iii. OBEY THE APPEAL COURT which is part of an arm of government.
iv. FOLLOW DUE PROCESS
8. The establishment of these arms of governments and institutions in our democracy were intended to check the elected president and tame the excesses of the elected president, In order to prevent the elected president from becoming a dictator.
9. If these institutions fail to defend and preserve itself and our democracy, especially from the dictatorial tendencies of AN ELECTED president buhari, then Nigeria is already a failed state and the country can as well break up / divide.
Therefore, There is no need for the existence of a country called Nigeria anymore.
Buhari has killed, looted, caused hunger, pain, sufferings, persecuted many already.
WHAT IS CJN’s CRIME?
It is apc’s handwork to use social media to blackmail all political enemies. Buhari’s APC is made up of clueless but professional criminals whose sole responsibility in the past 4years had been to persecute all their political enemies.
0. CJN:
i. is a successful professional
ii. Practiced law for 39years now
iii. Is a constitutional lawyer
iv. Is a justice
v. was not a poor man when made CJN
vi. Has never be caught or tried in any court for criminal offense.
Constitutional lawyers are among the richest.
Are lawyers forbidden to do business? Is it a crime for lawyers to do business?
1. Buhari’s apc presents CJN’s money in his account to the public as if the man stole the money from their treasury or from nigeria’s, because they think that we will fall for large sums of money. Yet, there is still no evidence that he stole the money.
2. they deny the fact that this is a justice who has practiced law for more than half of his life.
3. Where is the evidence that this man stole the money that they froze in his account? They have no moral justification to freeze his account when there are no evidences.
4. What moral authority does Buhari’s apc have to expose CJN’s bank and amount therein, to the public? Was it to buy the sympathy of Nigerian in this election season?
5. Was CJN caught in any corruption scandal like Ganduje, lawal, maina, baru, etc? What is the FG’s basis for publicizing CJN’s bank account and money therein? Buhari had shared from dasuki’s loot. Remember when Buhari said that he got 2 jeeps and not $300,00usd from dasuki. Today dasuki is in prison and Buhari is president.
6. Where is the law that categorically states that undeclared assets are automatically stolen or looted assets? If there is such a law, then buhari with his family members must be held accountable for keystone and 9mobile and Buhari’s wife (Aisha buhari) must be made to explain the where about of N2.5 billion naira in which her ADC stole. Buhari and his son must also be made to account for the power bike his son bought @ $157,000 usd, when we all know that Buhari had only 150 cows.
7. Why is Buhari’s APC publicizing and persecuting the CJN as if he was caught looting? When all we know is an undeclared asset, ……and other looters are running free in the state.
8. Who will want to declare all his assets to such a corrupt government like buhari’s apc? You declare your assets they loot it for you, you don’t declare your assets they still loot it from you, just to force you to decamp to their useless, clueless corrupt apc. Abacha looted Nigeria dry, buhari came back to recover Abacha’s loot. Today, Abacha’s loot has been relooted by buhari and his APC.
9. a. You criticize their bad policies, they call it hate speech
b. You rebuke them for nepotism, tyranny, bigotry, marginalization, etc, they label you as a looter.
c. You refuse to join them, they send EFCC after you.
d. You loot and then join them, they declare you a saint.
e. Meanwhile the real people fighting corruption are constantly being persecuted, such as Former TETFUND executive secretary Abdullahi Baffa, who says that he was sacked due to his refusal to offer part of the money meant for tertiary institutions to education minister Adamu Adamu, meaning that education minister demanded N200million naira bribe from him.
10. They said that they noticed that the CJN did not declare all his assets. This according to them, is his only crime. To be a logical, it means they noticed that he had more than what he declared and that is all. There are no evidences that he looted nigeria’s money like other ‘saints’ have done and his sincerity has tortured them so much that they don’t believe how he could be so sincere.
11. Notice that Buhari’s APC did not realize that the CJN did not declare all his assets until one month to election, why? Why didn’t they verify him before confirming him as CJN? Now we see that FG is at fault.
12. while FG is yet to answer these questions, they persecute him. They persecute the CJN because he is a southerner and a sincere man who is unwilling to make a deal with the devil to declare Buhari winner of 2019 election when he Rigs election, bearing in mind also that buhari is not qualified to contest in this election because he is a criminal. Buhari has forged waec certificate on two different ocasaions in plain sight of all Nigerians and nothing has happened.
13. Osibanjo says that the Buhari is not aware of CJN’s blackmail. Of course Buhari is not aware because Buhari is now a weak old senile retired general, who now relies on the cabals to run the government and the country for him and run his life too. He also has hearing problem and comprehension problem. One would need to repeat himself/herself a million to him. His attention span is now a fraction of a second. His speech is not coordinated. Old age and senility has eaten up buhari.. We saw all these in “the candidates” moderated by kadaria Ahmed, at a town hall meeting on 16th jan, 2019. Watch the video on YouTube again……so appalling and woeful!
14. Buhari slips, slumps and faints during campaigns because he has no strength left. He is old and weak. Watch how he calls delta state APC Gov. Candidate, “presidental candidate.” Despite being corrected many times. Buhari cannot be aware of anything anymore. The cabal is now running the country.
SHAME ON BUHARI AND HIS CORRUPT APC. ONE DAY, NIGERIA WILL BE SAVED FROM THEM!
Reading some comments from our arrogant Northern brothers who can’t canvas for votes, I don’t blame you. I blame the southern sycophants you are using.
BREAKING NEWS:
Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, has sworn in 250 members of the 2019 election tribunals.
All this shit is happening to CJN bcos his a southern not from northern zone Saint buhari I hail you
Let USA deal with its own luck down crisis first, instead of interfering into another man’s politics
PDP consulting fee is working. US should sort out their problem with Trump.
They soon call US Embassy looters
Let them take him and make him their CJ
Gbam
The World should please come to our Aid. let the due process be follow. The law says Senate 2/3rd majority.
Watin concern them na their chief judge.
It’s highly abysmal that the US couldn’t juxtapose btw ‘REMOVAL’ and ‘SUSPENSION’… the dishonorable CJN was suspended but not removed!!!!
MIKE OZEKHOME (SAN) ON JUSTICE SALAMI’S REMOVAL:
“According to Section 11 of the Interpretation Act, Cap 123, Vol. 8, LFN, 2004, the President can suspend indefinitely but not remove without senate. And the President just exercised this
*This was the law that Mike Ozekhome ,SAN deployed in his argument supporting the suspension of Justice Salami*
USA stay away from Nigeria election the same way u ask China to stay away from your election
They should leave our government for us and talk about theirs
You read only one of sections of the law. Another section of the law also says that the president can suspend or remove anyone he appointed. Did the world come to your aid when GEJ sacked Sanusi and Salami? The “world” is too busy minding their legitimate business to intervene in our “shitty” affairs. The president is capable to handle the situation. And he’s doing just that
Us Follow Due Process.
Personally, I ve been waiting for their comments. Can USA tolerate such mistake from their head of judiciary. Or they have to support the bandwagon of PDP all because atiku has promise to sell our oil to them
What concerns U S about Nigeria C J N ?
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Nigerian govt have expressed deep concern over the shutdown of govt by Donald Trump for over a month. Let America mind their business.
USA stay away from Nigeria election the same way u ask China to stay away from your election
They should stay far away from us we are a sovereign country, what we are doing is called internal cleaning of our bad system, #Just lend a helping hand to us or for get it.
To get it right it has to be through rugged way, due process will not allow that to happen.
Sa’ad Dembo Then suspend the constitution and let everyone behave and act the way they feel is right.
Too many illiterates in Nigeria they can’t differentiate between Executive office and Judiciary this why they are gullible.
Julius that why your father remain kidnapped boss and your mother halot
Rasheed this kangaroo arrangement is beyond corruption, let’s Tell ourselves the truth. Am not in support of CJN but the legal process should be allowed to bear. The haste in the swearing in and the man electing election tribunal leaves more than what meets the eyes. Except you are being partisan. Our judiciary is being trampled. Tomorrow we might be denied the right to talk our mind as a human
Progress Everest Egboro Buhari is about to do that and that’s why informed people are shouting now before the country fall into crisis.
They should mind their business
Did your saint president declare his assets? Or is he not a public servant
Kenny Olulade MacManuel God bless you on that question ,I know the fool won’t answer your question
What do you mean by suspended but not removed? And another person sworn-in in his stead? Then if so it means he is being used for something…… Election related
Comr Tammy Onu Pepple ur Great Generations are fools n Idiot.
What is their business about that. They are hypochrites.
Lloyd Chidozie Okwuchukwu no CJN as we speak rather an acting CJN acting in his capacity pending the suspension of the CJN….thank you
What Buhari mean by suspending CJN is that if you perceive that someone is a thief no need of arresting the person, just took the law in your own hands.
Very soon the embassy will deny it.