Lagos lawyer wants court to decide legality of Onnoghen’s suspension.

Lagos lawyer wants court to decide legality of Onnoghen’s suspension.

 Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, a Lagos-based constitutional lawyer, has asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to decide whether due process was observed in the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria.

The lawyer, suing through Registered Trustees of Malcom Omirhobo Foundation, urged the court to declare the said suspension of Onnoghen as unlawful and unconstitutional.

the suit marked FHC/ABJ/109/2019, the plaintiff joined as defendant: The Attorney General of the Federation, the Senate, National Judicial Council, Code of Conduct Bureau, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Mohammed Tanko and Onnoghen.

Plaintiff asked the court to decide whether the 1999 Constitution being the Supreme Law of Nigeria, and regulating the there arms of government had been suspended.