Onnoghen: Lawyers shun NBA boycott order, attend to cases at Supreme Court

Onnoghen: Lawyers shun NBA boycott order, attend to cases at Supreme Court
Lawyers have shunned the boycott order issued by the Nigerian Bar Association on Monday as a way to protest the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter onnoghen. 
Cases are presently being heard at the Supreme Court with Justice Mary Peter-Odili presiding.
The lawyers had taken a decision to boycott the courts yesterday after staging a protest at the entrance of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA over Onnoghen's suspension.

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