The National Judicial Council has summoned an emergency meeting of its members for Tuesday (January 29) to discuss “developments in the Judiciary.”
Members were notified late on Sunday are expected to arrive Abuja for the meeting scheduled for 10am.
It was also gathered that the main agenda of the meeting surrounds the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), the inauguration of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as acting CJN and the allegation of code of conduct violation against Onnoghen.
According to The Nation, Onnoghen and Muhammad may be excluded from the meeting, because of their involvement in issues to be discussed.
A source at the NJC said the suspended CJN had allegedly prevented the body from addressing the issues surrounding the charge against him when he used his power, as Chairman of NJC to suspend indefinitely, the body’s meeting earlier planned for January 15 this year.
The source said: “I believe this meeting is meant for members to effectively look at the issues and recent developments in the Judiciary and for them to take a formal position.
“Like the acting CJN said on Saturday, the Judiciary is truly in a trying time. And it is important that the NJC takes a formal position for posterity sake.”