NJC meets over Onnoghen, thanks Buhari

The National Judicial Council has held an emergency meeting to take formal note of the acceptance of the voluntary retirement of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The meeting, held on Monday, came a day after President Buhari said he has formally accepted the voluntary retirement of Onnoghen.
The NJC in a statement by its spokesman, Soji Oye, said Buhari’s acceptance of the retirement of Onnoghen is in line with the Council’s recommendation to the President on April 3, 2019.
Oye in the statement on Monday said the Council at the end of its deliberations thanked the President for the acceptance, which it described as being “in the best interest of Nigeria”.