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The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has given President Muhammad Buhari nine days to present the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Nkanu Onnoghen to the National Assembly for confirmation.
Speaking after its monthly meeting, Afenifere’s spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, issued a statement saying “Afenifere was worried that almost few days to the expiration of the three months tenure in acting capacity allowed by our constitution, the President has refused to forward the recommendations of NJC to the National Assembly for confirmation.
Afenifere also described the failure of the President to send Onnoghen’s name to the National Assembly for confirmation, as an assault on the Nigeria’s constitution.
“We see this as an assault on the constitution if the three months expire and he is not confirmed as CJN of Nigeria. It will be an assault on our constitution and an attempt to crudely end a carrier of a worthy Nigerian.
“Therefore we call on Mr President to within the few days left to the expiration of the acting tenure of Justice Onnoghen send his name to the Senate for confirmation as Nigeria CJN as he is the man in line because that is what the constitution says.”
While it reiterated its call for the implementation of the report of 2014 National Conference Afenifere said the recommendations in the report have tackled the problems threatening the existence of the country.
It said: “The meeting resolved to set up a high power committee to rouse Yoruba nation and to network with our friends and like minds across Nigeria to work on the urgency of now to insist that this country must be restructured before we go for another election in this country because we cannot afford to continue to slide dangerously on the part of anarchy.
