NJC to Onnoghen: you have seven days to respond to pettion against you

The National Judicial Council has given the suspended Chief



 Justice



 of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Tanko



Muhammad, 

seven working days to respond to petitions against them.

The council gave the ultimatum at its emergency meeting held in



 Abuja on Tuesday. The two men did not attend the meeting.

A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umar




 Abdullahi, presided over the meeting as the interim chairman
.

President Muhammadu Buhari had suspended Onnoghen on Friday 




based on an ex parte order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal,