A day after the National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended that he be compulsorily retired for misconduct, Walter Onnoghen has reportedly resigned as the chief justice of Nigeria with immediate effect.
According to The Cable, the embattled CJN tendered his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening, April 4.
9news Nigeria gathered that by virtue of section 306 of the 1999 constitution, Onnoghen’s resignation takes immediate effect. Section 306 says: “(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, any person who is appointed, elected or otherwise selected to any office established by this Constitution may resign from that office by writing under his hand addressed to the authority or person by whom he was appointed, elected or selected. “(2) The resignation of any person from any office established by this Constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the authority or person to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or person to receive it.”
According to section 292 (1) of the 1999 constitution, President Muhammadu Buhari needs to get a two-thirds majority of the Senate to retire Onnoghen before the latter’s age of retirement.
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