Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna central in the National Assembly, on Thursday, January 17, said President Muhammadu Buhari might be aware of the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Shehu Sani, said he doubt the fact President Buhari is not informed about the CJN’s trial.
According to him, “If you can go back to the trend of events in the last three years, not being aware doesn’t seem to be lack of knowledge.
“But each time you hear the President not being aware, I think he is trying to answer the question by being neutral or evasive about it.
“It is very much impossible for such a high-profile personality in the country in the person of the Chief Justice of the Federation; it is impossible for him (Buhari) not to be aware.”
Senator Sani insisted that it was impossible for the nation’s top judicial officer to be summoned for trial without the president’s knowledge.
He alleged: “Interpreting his own political positions many times means that being not aware simply is being evasive of taking responsibility. He should know that the buck stops at his table.
“It is not possible for the Chief Justice of the federation to be summoned for such a trial without the President knowing what is happening.”
The Senator stressed that the trial has created emotions and what he described as “bad blood” between south south and the northern regions.
He also accused the ruling political class of intimidating the judiciary and trying to silence the CJN for not dancing to their tune.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, spoke on the charges filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Water Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal saying the dangerous aspect of the matter is that Nigerian laws would be affected.
Falana who made this known on Tuesday, January 15, in Lagos during the 15th Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture said the speed with which the various suits filed to challenge the charges against the CJN were heard and ruled upon by the courts was unprecedented.
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