The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as a “daylight robbery and mockery of the country’s constitution.”
DAILY POST earlier reported that President Buhari had on Friday, suspended Justice Onnoghen, acting on an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, and shortly after, swore-in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as the acting CJN.
But reacting to the President’s decision in a statement signed by NANS spokesman, Adeyemi Azeez, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, the Nigerian student body wondered why President Buhari would hastily suspend the CJN but failed to act on Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje’s bribery scandal.
Azeez said Buhari’s decision had proven that his anti-corruption war was selective.
The statement added, “The national leadership of NANS condemned in totality the suspension of the CJN by President Muhammad Buhari, as it is obvious that the president lacks the constitutional power to suspend the CJN.
“NANS describes this as a day light robbery and mockery of the country’s constitution and a total threat on the country’s hard earned democracy.
“NANS make bold to say that it is obvious that President Buhari has shifted from been integrity conscious; this is nothing but a total disrespect for the rule of law.
“NANS is convinced beyond doubts, that President Muhammad Buhari’s fight against corruption isn’t basically targeted towards some persons, as NANS had severally called on the President to sanction Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, on a well-established video revelations of bribery against him.
“It saddens our hearts that the president till date had done nothing to sanction Ganduje, but was so quick in sanctioning the CJN.
“NANS hereby declares the suspension of the CJN as null and void.”
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