Nigeria's President Buhari and the AGF have been ordered by a court not to go ahead with the removal of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen.
CJN, Walter Onnoghen
Justice Inyang Ekwo has granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Buhari and the AGF from removing the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen from office pending the hearing and determination of the suit filed by Action Peoples Party.
According to Channels Television, the Justice made the ruling at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, January 21.
The court adjourned the hearing of the motion on notice to the 29th of January with an order to parties to maintain the status quo ante.
More details later.