Ade Adesomoju, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari, with the consent of the National Judicial Council, has extended Justice Tanko Muhammad’s tenure as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria by another three months, SUNDAY PUNCH can report. Our correspondent gathered that the NJC quietly conceded to Buhari’s request for the extension of the acting CJN’s tenure at its meeting held between Wednesday and Thursday. Muhammad’s first three-month acting tenure which started when he was sworn in on January 25 following the President’s suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the CJN, expires on April 25 (Thursday). Our correspondent learnt that the President had written the NJC requesting the council’s consent to extend Muhammad’s acting tenure for another three months. However, the extension of his acting tenure was said to have been done to buy time for the completion of the constitutional procedure for his substantive appointment.

Source: Punch April 20, 2019 11:14 UTC