Plot by Police to arrest, detain CJN Foiled

An alleged plot by the Nigeria police to arrest and detain the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen has been foiled by the Federal High Court in Abuja.

National Daily gathered from reliable source that the CJN would have been picked today by the police and kept in their custody by obtaining a postdated warrant.

If the purported plan had worked, the  embarrassment would have forced the judicial council to force onnoghen to drop his position but the plan was busted when the CJN himself did not turn up” and a federal high court restraint the federal government and the police and ordered all parties to maintain status quo.

Ruling on two separate ex parte applications on Monday, Justice N.E Maha, ordered parties to maintain status quo till January 17.

He ruled in the two different suits that the defendants should be served with all the papers filed and they should appear in court at the next hearing.

One of the two suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/27/2019 was filed by incorporated ‎trustees of the Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative.

Those joined as defendants in the suit are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, the Chairman of CCT, Danladi Umar; the National Judicial Council, the Inspector-General of Police, ‎Mr. Ibrahim Idris, and the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.