The recent move to try the Chief Justice of the Federation — so close to the presidential election — was described by the Nigerian Bar Association as "a pattern of consistent assault on the heads of the two independent arms of government" by the Buhari administration.
Yunƙurin baya-bayan nan don a hukunta babban jojin ƙasar - a kurkusa da zaɓen shugaban ƙasa - ƙungiyar lauyoyi ta ƙasa ta bayyana hakan da cewa "wani salo ne na cin zarafin shugabannin biyu daga cikin sassan gwamnati masu cin gashin kansu" wanda gwamnatin Buharin take yi.