The Senate has suspended its planned reconvening over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
The position of the Senate was made known by Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
Olaniyonu said rather than reconvene, the Senate on Monday headed to the Supreme Court to seek its interpretation on whether Buhari acted within the provisions of the constitution in his suspension of Onnoghen or whether the action of the President does amount to usurpation of the powers of the Senate as provided for in Section 292 of the constitution.
Following the filing of the case, the matter of the suspension of the CJN, which is the main issue for which the Senate had planned to reconvene Tuesday, has become subjudiced, Olaniyonu said.
He added in the statement: “Therefore, in line with the standing rules of the Senate not to debate issues that are already pending before the court, the reconvening of the Senate tomorrow has been put off. The previous adjournment of the Senate till February 19, 2019 stays.”
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