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        The NJC on Wednesday, April 3, recommended the compulsory retirement of the the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, The recommendation of the commission was also transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the NJC, Justice Onnoghen had lost the morality of authority to continue as Nigerian chief justice over the litany of allegations bordering on misconduct The National Judicial Commission (NJC) has recommended the retirement of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, to President Muhammadu Buhari.
        The commission after a deliberation on Wednesday, April 3, unanimously reached an agreement that Onnoghen be retired over petitions filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Cable reports that members of the NJC led by an interim leadership under Umaru Abdullahi, a former president of the Court of Appeal, agreed that the suspended CJN had lost the morality of authority to continue as Nigerian chief justice with the litany of allegations bordering on misconduct. The commission in its recommendation also noted that Tanko Muhammad did not commit any offence by making himself available to be sworn in as acting CJN without the recommendation of the NJC.