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Nigerian lawyers have condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the country’s top judge shortly before the presidential elections as a “coup” against the judiciary and an attack on the constitution. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/legally-buhari-has-powers-to-remove-onnoghen-itse-sagay/ Buhari, who came to power in 2015 on a pledge to fight corruption, is seeking a second term in office. The Nigerian Bar Association condemned the president’s intervention, accusing Buhari of an ‘attempted coup against the Nigerian Judiciary’. Nigerian lawyers have condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the country’s top judge shortly before the presidential elections as a “coup” against the judiciary and an attack on the constitution. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) — the umbrella body for lawyers — added its voice to a growing chorus of protests at Friday’s decision to suspend Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen would have ruled on any...