HAPPENING LIVE: Special Presidential Security Forces Take Over CJN, Walter Onnoghen’s House, Shut Down Everywhere

Emerging report revealed that Journalists have been barred from accessing the house of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen.

A Punch Newspaper Reporter, who tried to gain access to the house, located close to the Supreme Court, was denied entry by stern-looking Security men comprised of Policemen and men of the Department of State Security Services, DSS.

He was turned back by the men wearing Presidential Villa accreditation tags, who told him that his visit could not be permitted.

One of the men of the DSS, who questioned the Punch Reporter, asked: “What is your mission here?”

Punch Reporter: I am here to observe the situation around the house of the CJN, to avoid misleading report.

DSS: Where you invited?

Punch Reporter: I do not need a formal invitation in this circumstance; I have only come to have first-hand information.

DSS: That means you are here on sight and see. Sight and see is not allowed. Make a detour and go back.

The Security Operative then beckoned on an armed Policeman, to guide the Punch Reporter out.

Recall that, President Buhari sworn-in a new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Muhammad, on Friday afternoon, shortly after announcing the suspension of the substantive CJN, Walter Onnoghen, who is facing charges of corruption, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

It is not clear if the President has such powers to suspend the CJN, but Buhari said that he removed Onnoghen, based on an order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, dated January 23, 2019.

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