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President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Justice Onnoghen was suspended over issues bordering on false assets.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu in a statement last night, said the voluntary retirement of the Chief Justice was effective from May 28, 2019.
He said the President thanked Justice Onnoghen for his service to Nigeria and wished him the best of retirement life.

He said the president had written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The President wrote: ‘‘Pursuant to the provisions of Section 230(2) A&B of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to request that you initiate in earnest the process of appointing additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make the full complement of 21 Justices as provided by the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution.
‘‘This is in line with the Government’s Agenda of repositioning the Judiciary in general and Supreme Court in particular for greater efficiency, with a view to reducing the backlogs of appeals pending at the Supreme Court.’’
Justice Onnoghen was suspended over issues bordering on false assets.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu in a statement last night, said the voluntary retirement of the Chief Justice was effective from May 28, 2019.
He said the President thanked Justice Onnoghen for his service to Nigeria and wished him the best of retirement life.

He said the president had written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The President wrote: ‘‘Pursuant to the provisions of Section 230(2) A&B of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to request that you initiate in earnest the process of appointing additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make the full complement of 21 Justices as provided by the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution.
‘‘This is in line with the Government’s Agenda of repositioning the Judiciary in general and Supreme Court in particular for greater efficiency, with a view to reducing the backlogs of appeals pending at the Supreme Court.’’
