{"id":66019,"date":"2019-04-05T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66019"},"modified":"2019-04-05T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:09:09","slug":"thecable-an-online-newspaper-is-reporting-that-embattled-walter-onnoghen-has-resigned-as-the-chief-justice-of-nigeria-cjn-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/thecable-an-online-newspaper-is-reporting-that-embattled-walter-onnoghen-has-resigned-as-the-chief-justice-of-nigeria-cjn-with-immediate-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"TheCable, an online Newspaper, is reporting that embattled Walter Onnoghen has resigned as the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) with immediate effect."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to TheCable, the suspended CJN turned in his resignation letter<br \/>\nto President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening, a day after the<br \/>\nNational Judicial Council (NJC) recommended that he be compulsorily<br \/>\nretired for misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>By virtue of section 306 of the 1999 constitution, his resignation takes<br \/>\nimmediate effect as Section 306 says \u201c(1) Save as otherwise provided in<br \/>\nthis section, any person who is appointed, elected or otherwise selected<br \/>\nto any office established by this Constitution may resign from that office<br \/>\nby writing under his hand addressed to the authority or person by whom he<br \/>\nwas appointed, elected or selected. (2) The resignation of any person from<br \/>\nany office established by this Constitution shall take effect when the<br \/>\nwriting signifying the resignation is received by the authority or person<br \/>\nto whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or<br \/>\nperson to receive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resignation will save Buhari from having to get two-thirds majority of<br \/>\nthe senate to confirm Onnoghen\u2019s retirement as stipulated in Section 292<br \/>\n(1) of the 1999 constitution which says a \u201cjudicial officer shall not be<br \/>\nremoved from his office or appointment before his age of retirement except<br \/>\nin the following circumstances \u2013 (a) in the case of \u2013 (i) Chief Justice of<br \/>\nNigeria\u2026 by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds<br \/>\nmajority of the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the resignation, Onnoghen\u2019s retirement benefits in cash and kind will<br \/>\ncost tax payers about N2.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>However, if he is dismissed, he will not be entitled to any benefits and<br \/>\ncould be banned from holding public office for 10 years, while his assets<br \/>\nbelieved to have been acquired illegitimately will be confiscated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to TheCable, the suspended CJN turned in his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening, a day after the National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended that he be&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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