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Buhari did not ask CJN Onnoghen to resign - Presidential aide

- Senator Babafemi Ojudu said the president did not ask Walter Onnoghen to resign

- The presidential aide said this is contrary to the insinuation in some media

- A presidential source said Buhari was not in support of the planned trial

Senator Babafemi Ojudu who is the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari om politics has said that the president did not as the chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to resign.

The Nation reports that Ojudu made the clarification after it was insinuated that the president had asked Onnoghen to resign.

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He said: “Buhari never at any time demanded CJ’s resignation. I challenge anyone who says so to cite the pronouncement, the press statement or quote any public official who made such announcement.”

Sources within the presidency also said Buhari was not in support of the planned trial.

The source also said the president was shocked by the development.

The souce said: “Let me tell you point blank Mr. President is not aware and was shocked at the development. It is not going to fly.”

Another official said: “whatever may be the merits of the case being put against the CJN, it is not advisable at this time. So it is not about the rightness of the planned action.”

“What is certain right now is that this came as a shock to the Presidency and does not enjoy approval of any kind. You can figure out the rest.”

Meanwhile, governors from the south-south region of the country have summoned an emergency meeting over the reported plans by the federal government to remove Onnoghen as the CJN.

Governor Seriake Dickson in a statement by his special adviser on media relations, Fidelis Soriwei, on Saturday, January 12, said warned that the action against the CJN was a dangerous escalation coming a few weeks to the general elections.

The governor said the south-south governors forum would make public its position on the issue after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public.

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