US, UK, EU bash Buhari over sacking of Nigeria’s Chief Justice

The United States says it is “deeply concerned” by President Muhammadu Buhari‘s decision to suspend Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) without “support of the legislative branch on the eve of national and state elections”. Buhari suspended Onnoghen on Friday and immediately appointed Tanko Mohammed as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Giving reasons for his decision in his speech, the President said there was an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asking him to wield the big stick. President Buhari said the order demanded that the CJN be suspended depending on the determination of…