Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Coalition of United Political Parties has declared a nationwide protest for Friday to coincide with the day the prosecution of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is expected to start at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. He was reacting to the arrest warrant issued by the CCT chairman, Danladi Umar, against Onnoghen. “We see this as a last minute effort to divert attention, confuse Nigerian voters and cover the President’s incompetence few hours to the election. “It is also an attempt to divert attention from electoral violence being planned by the ruling All Progressives Congress. “We, therefore, call for a mass protest across the 36 states of the federation on Friday, being the day scheduled for the arraignment of the CJN.

Source: Punch February 13, 2019 15:00 UTC