The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked its members to shun courts nationwide for an initial two days over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Rising from her emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Monday, the association said it decided to embark on the warning boycott to press home the reversal of the President’s decision to appoint an Acting CJN Tanko Mohammed last Friday.
Onnoghen is facing trial on alleged false asset charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
He was suspended from office by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday based on a controversial exparte order by the CCT.
The president implemented the CCT order despite the Court of Appeal ordering the tribunal to halt its trial of the chief justice.
Onnoghen’s suspension has attracted mixed reactions from Nigerians, with the majority regarding the move as an illegal action and a coup against the judiciary by the executive.
The suspension has also been questioned by the international community including the U.S., EU and UK.
