THE COALITION OF UNITED POLITICAL PARTIES (CUPP) IN AN EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE, HELD AT THE COALITIONS HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY EVENING, CONDEMNED IN STRONG TERMS, THE SUSPENSION OF THE EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA, WALTER ONNOGHEN, AND THE SWEARING IN OF JUSTICE TANKO MOHAMMED, AS THE ACTING CJN.
SPEAKING AT THE OCCASION, THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE COALITION, BAR IKENGA UGOCHINYERE IMO, WHILE CONDEMNING THE ACTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS UN ACCEPTABLE AND UNBRIDLED AFFRONT ON THE JUDICIARY, CHARGED THE JUDICIARY TO IMMEDIATELY ENFORCE ON JUSTICE TANKO TO STEP ASIDE FROM THE ILLEGAL POSITION, WHILE CALLING ON ALL COURTS IN NIGERIA TO DOWN TOOLS IN PROTEST OF THE ACTIONS OF THE BUHARI LED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CALLED ON THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AS A MATTER OF URGENCY TO RECONVENE AND INSTITUTE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, WHILE URGING NIGERIANS TO RISE UP TO THE DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY’S DEMOCRACY FROM UNPATRIOTIC ELEMENTS WHO ARE OUT TO TRUNCATE THE NATIONS CONSTITUTION, AMONG OTHER DEMANDS.
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