Members of the Nigerian Bar Association have resolved to boycott courts across the country for two days in protest over the suspension of the Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The lawyers took the decision at the end of the emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC of NBA they convened to deliberate on the suspension of the CJN last Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nigerian Bar Association rising from her NEC meeting has decided to embark on a two-day warning boycott of courts all over Nigeria over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Buhari,” the NBA said on Monday evening.
The boycott of the courts will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday
The President had suspended the CJN based on recommendations of the Code of Conduct Tribunal where the topmost judicial officer is being tried on charges of false assets declaration. But the NBA and other stakeholders had contended that the President lacked the constitutional powers to suspend the CJN.