ONNOGHEN: ‘Justice must not give way to legal gymnastics and absurd technicalities’- El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, following an order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

El-Rufai said the president’s action was a timely intervention.

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He said Onnoghen is tainted by the corruption allegations and should not be allowed to preside over the nation’s justice system.

“SANITY NEEDS RESTORATION: About time this institutional gobbledygook and regionalization to justify admitted wrongdoing are confronted. Justice must not give way to legal gymnastics and absurd technicalities. I am solidly with PMB on this, as always!!” the governor wrote on his verified Twitter handle.

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