Chief Robert Clarke, a Senior
Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against
rejecting resignation of Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter
Onnoghen.
Speaking on the development,
Clarke on Channels Tv on Sunday blamed Onnoghen for his present predicament,
adding that a petition by the EFCC should have warranted Onnoghen’s resignation
since February.
He further noted that President
Muhammadu Buhari’s Government should be given credit for taking the head of the
judiciary to a tribunal but warned that a rejection of Onnoghen’s resignation
will ‘c
reate heat wave in Nigeria politics’.
Clarke said, “The government has
knowledge of many things which you and I don’t have, so if the government
decided to go and take the head of the judiciary to a tribunal, give them
credit that they know what they were doing.
“What has created the situation
that he (the CJN) has found himself today is the petition written by EFCC. That
petition, he had a copy of it in February
“As at February, the CJN was
aware of those charges labelled against him, at that stage when he got the
EFCC’s petition, he should have resigned.
“The politicizing of the
situation stopped Onnoghen from doing the needful at the time.
“Let me be honest with you, we
should not allow the politics or the political climate to be overheated. I will
advise Buhari as President of Nigeria to accept the resignation because if he
does not do so, he is creating another heatwave in the politics of the
country.”
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Thunder fire all of you, stupid people
ReplyDeleteWhat political heat wave is that. CJN should have done that earlier rather than challenging and taking the FG to court.
ReplyDeleteLet those that are pushing CJN continue to push him and let the FG do the right thing.
This should serve as a lesson for all other leaders too.