Wike links Onnoghen’s saga to APC crisis in Rivers
28 January 2019 |
2:03 pm
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared that the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, is the conclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government’s hijack of the judiciary.
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