The Senate will reconvene next Tuesday, it has been confirmed.
A source in the National Assembly disclosed that the lawmakers would reconvene to discuss the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The source also confirmed that the National Assembly would hold a leadership meeting, on Sunday, over the matter.
The lawmakers had, during Thursday’s plenary, adjourned sitting until February 19, after the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
But the decision to reconvene next week followed the suspension of Justice Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
The President thereafter appointed and sworn in Justice Tanko Mohammed as acting CJN.
He explained that decision to suspend Justice Onnoghen was at the request of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegations that he failed to declare his assets.
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The suspension sparked mixed reactions from individuals and groups within and outside the country.
One of those who criticised the President was the Peoples Democratic People (PDP) which called on the National Assembly to take legislative actions against him.
Senate President Bukola Saraki also described Justice Onnoghen’s suspension as a “coup against democracy”, saying the President’s action was an over-reach of the powers in the Executive arm of government.
But the Presidency insisted that there was no political undertone in the suspension of the judge, stressing that it was purely about fighting corruption.
