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Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN ) , says he has submitted a petition in opposition to Justice Tanko Muhammed , who turned into appointed last Friday because the acting leader Justice of Nigeria by way of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a declaration from his chambers on Monday, Agbakoba said he submitted his petition to the country wide Judicial Council , asking it to decide the propriety of Justice Mohammed accepting to be sworn -in via the President in area of the suspended CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen .
According to Agbakoba, with the aid of submitting himself to the President to be sworn -in as acting CJN, Justice Mohammed lent himself to constitutional infraction with the aid of the government arm of presidency .
Agbakoba recalled that Justice Mohammed turned into part of an NJC panel that sanctioned Justice Obisike Orji of Abia kingdom for allowing himself to be sworn -in as Abia state leader judge by using the nation’ s governor with out the advice of the NJC.
Agbakoba said , “ it's miles a depend of remorse that Justice Tanko Muhammad , who participated in this method , will lend himself to this constitutional infraction .
“ We pray the NJC to decide this petition in line with the choice in Justice Obisike Orji by means of right away doing away with Justice Tanko Muhammad as Justice of the very best court docket on grounds of gross misconduct which has generated perhaps the maximum arguable crisis in Nigeria’ s judicial records. ”
Insisting that the President violated the regulation in postponing Justice Onnoghen, Agbakoba noted segment 153 of the charter, saying the regulation changed into clean on how a CJN will be eliminated .
He stated, “ The constitution is apparent about the procedure for suspending or putting off the leader Justice of Nigeria.
“ The chief Justice of Nigeria can best be eliminated on the recommendation of the NJC. See segment 153 ( 1) , Paragraph 21 (a ) of the 3rd agenda and phase 292 (1 ) ( a) (i) of the charter of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and the supreme court docket choice in Elelu -Habeeb v AGF (2012 ) forty WRN 1 .
“ Hon . Justice Tanko Muhammad is absolutely privy to the kingdom of regulation , but provided himself to be sworn in by means of the President. ”
Meanwhile , anti -corruption organization, Socio-financial Rights and accountability challenge, has given the NJC until Thursday to take over Onnoghen’ s case and investigate the fake asset announcement allegations levelled towards him.
SERAP , in a statement by means of its Senior prison Adviser , Bamisope Adeyanju , requested Justice Muhammad to recuse himself from the case .
It stated if the allegations in opposition to Justice Onnoghen had been established after the research by means of the NJC, the CJN ought to be passed over to the applicable anti -graft company for prosecution.
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“ The NJC have to take the encouraged action inside five days of the receipt and/ or e-book of this letter , failing which SERAP will take suitable legal action to compel the NJC to do so at the case , ” the announcement study .
In a declaration from his chambers on Monday, Agbakoba said he submitted his petition to the country wide Judicial Council , asking it to decide the propriety of Justice Mohammed accepting to be sworn -in via the President in area of the suspended CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen .
According to Agbakoba, with the aid of submitting himself to the President to be sworn -in as acting CJN, Justice Mohammed lent himself to constitutional infraction with the aid of the government arm of presidency .
Agbakoba recalled that Justice Mohammed turned into part of an NJC panel that sanctioned Justice Obisike Orji of Abia kingdom for allowing himself to be sworn -in as Abia state leader judge by using the nation’ s governor with out the advice of the NJC.
Agbakoba said , “ it's miles a depend of remorse that Justice Tanko Muhammad , who participated in this method , will lend himself to this constitutional infraction .
“ We pray the NJC to decide this petition in line with the choice in Justice Obisike Orji by means of right away doing away with Justice Tanko Muhammad as Justice of the very best court docket on grounds of gross misconduct which has generated perhaps the maximum arguable crisis in Nigeria’ s judicial records. ”
Insisting that the President violated the regulation in postponing Justice Onnoghen, Agbakoba noted segment 153 of the charter, saying the regulation changed into clean on how a CJN will be eliminated .
He stated, “ The constitution is apparent about the procedure for suspending or putting off the leader Justice of Nigeria.
“ The chief Justice of Nigeria can best be eliminated on the recommendation of the NJC. See segment 153 ( 1) , Paragraph 21 (a ) of the 3rd agenda and phase 292 (1 ) ( a) (i) of the charter of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and the supreme court docket choice in Elelu -Habeeb v AGF (2012 ) forty WRN 1 .
“ Hon . Justice Tanko Muhammad is absolutely privy to the kingdom of regulation , but provided himself to be sworn in by means of the President. ”
Meanwhile , anti -corruption organization, Socio-financial Rights and accountability challenge, has given the NJC until Thursday to take over Onnoghen’ s case and investigate the fake asset announcement allegations levelled towards him.
SERAP , in a statement by means of its Senior prison Adviser , Bamisope Adeyanju , requested Justice Muhammad to recuse himself from the case .
It stated if the allegations in opposition to Justice Onnoghen had been established after the research by means of the NJC, the CJN ought to be passed over to the applicable anti -graft company for prosecution.
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“ The NJC have to take the encouraged action inside five days of the receipt and/ or e-book of this letter , failing which SERAP will take suitable legal action to compel the NJC to do so at the case , ” the announcement study .
