Author: Prof. Ben Nwabueze

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The Prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria for Failure to Declare Some Named Assets and for False Declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal

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LIMITS OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW OR THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW The principle stated above is a salutary one, but its application is necessarily limited by inevitable exceptions. We take, first, the power given by section 89(1)(c) of the Constitution to the Senate or the House of Representatives to “summon any person in Nigeria” to appear before it to address it on the state of the nation and to answer questions relating thereto. Relying on its power in that behalf, the House of Representatives on 25 January, 2018 summoned President Buhari…

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By His Statement While Suspending the Chief Justice of Nigeria from Office, Our President Has Surpassed Himself in the Subversion of the Constitution

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President Buhari’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) from office is, in itself, a most condemnable subversion of the Constitution, but his statement while announcing it to the public makes the action so absurdly subversive. Hear what he said: “A short while ago, I was served with an Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued on Wednesday 23rd January, 2019 directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen from office pending final determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and several other fora relating to…

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