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Nigeria's main opposition party ended its campaign for the presidential election 72 hours before the poll, in protest against the suspension of the country's highest judge by President Muhammadu Buhari, the president said on Saturday. .
The president said on Friday that he had suspended Nigeria's chief justice, Walter Onnoghen, who had been asked to appear in court over alleged breaches of the rules relating to the declaration of badets.
Onnoghen has not responded to the accusations and his lawyers say the court does not have the power to judge him.
Mr. Buhari, a military leader in the 1980s and elected to power in 2015, is seeking a new term in an election scheduled for Feb. 16. The stake is the control of the largest crude oil producer in Africa and one of the largest in the continent. savings.
Right now, the president @ Mbhari effectively suspended the constitution on the basis of which the elections are contested.
– Official PDP of Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) January 26, 2019
The Nigerian judiciary has helped resolve electoral disputes after past votes, some of which have been marked by violence and electoral fraud. The Chief Justice could preside over a disputed election result.
"At first, we suspend our campaign for 72 hours. We hope that President Buhari will hear the voice of all democracy lovers in the world and restore democracy to Nigeria immediately and without reservation, "said the Democratic People's Party (PDP) in a statement.
A spokesman for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and a president of the presidency did not immediately respond to phone calls and text messages asking for comments after the PDP campaign was suspended.
Buhari said Friday that a court order on the code of ethics, which reviews the allegations relating to the declaration of badets, ordered him to suspend the judge.
The PDP, the main opposition party to power since the beginning of the civil regime in 1999 until Buhari's victory in the 2015 legislative elections with his CPA, said the judge's suspension was a "blind badault on the constitution". ".
"We call on all well-meaning Nigerians to defend democracy and save our country from this impending slide into tyranny," he said in a statement.
The party's candidate, businessman and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, is Buhari's main opponent in the next election.
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