ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president suspended the country's most senior judge on Friday, weeks ahead of an election in which the judiciary could play an important role and prompting the main opposition candidate to describe it as an act of dictatorship.
The suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, is the head of Nigeria's judiciary which has helped resolve electoral disputes in past votes, some of which have been marred by violence and vote rigging. The chief justice could preside over a disputed election result.