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Army distance self from alleged plan to remove Kogi CJ
The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the alleged conflict between the Executive and Judiciary in Kogi state.
The army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa in a statement on Tuesday, said the army has received a report of a purported plan to use “soldiers to remove to eject the Kogi Chief Judge from his official residence”.
He said the army, under the leadership of Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai
“will not contemplate interfering under any guise in the internal executive and judiciary conflict in Kogi or any other state for that matter.”
Musa said the army headquarters had directed and warned the commander in the state to stay clear of the conflict and “not to interfere under any guise.”
WuzupNaija reports that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Kogi chapter, on Monday, cautioned the state House of Assembly against being used by the Executive to illegally and forcefully remove the State Chief Judge, Nasir Ajanah.
Emmanuel Waniko, JUSUN State Chairman, made the call at a news conference at the end of a peaceful protest by members of the Union on Monday in Lokoja, the state capital.
Waniko said the union had uncovered clandestine move by the state government with a directive to the assembly to forcefully remove the Chief Judge at Tuesday plenary of the House.
According to him, the directive is for the Speaker to disobey the subsisting order of December 13, 2018, from High Court, Koton-Karfe, asking the House to stay action on the impasse between the executive and judiciary in the State.
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