Onnoghen’s suspension, mockery of Nigerian constitution – NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Saturday described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, as a “daylight robbery and mockery of the country’s constitution.”

In a statement on Saturday signed by NANS spokesman, Adeyemi Azeez, in Abeokuta, Ogun state, the Nigerian student body wondered why President Muhammadu Buhari would hastily suspend the CJN but failed to act on Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje’s bribery scandal.

Azeez said Buhari’s decision has proven that his anti-corruption war is selective.

He said “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.”