In January 2019, when former President Muhammadu Buhari took the unprecedented action of sacking the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, a huge blow was dealt to the independence of the judiciary. It was seen as a carryover from Buhari’s military background. But Buhari was not the first military leader who became Nigeria’s president.
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