Why Buhari is yet to act on NJC’s recommendation - The Nation Newspaper

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday on why President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to act on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council that the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria , Justice Walter Onnoghen, be retired.

The ambiguity in NJC’s letter was said to have accounted for the current situation in which the nation is having a CJN and an Acting CJN. A top source said: “The recommendation of the NJC was a ‘legal soft landing for Onnoghen in order not to expose him to any further criminal trial based on EFCC’s investigation.

“If Onnoghen is removed or retired as contained in the NJC’s letter, the President’s action might be actionable. “You don’t build something on nothing.“Onnoghen has offered to go on voluntary resignation or retirement and the Code of Conduct Tribunal has convicted him. “The President is hamstrung by NJC’s recommendation, which was inexplicit. At a point, the NJC said Onnoghen should be compulsorily retired with full benefits.”

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