Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Some civil society organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Societies of Nigeria (CCSN) on Friday held a protest at the entrance of the National Assembly demanding the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, over a 'partisan comment' he made in Rivers State.

The group staged the protest over what they described as the seeming partisanship of the CJN and urged the National Assembly to institute a probe of the circumstances that led to statement credited to him.

Mr Ariwoola was reported to have said he was happy that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, the state the CJN hails from, was part of the G-5 governors.

The G-5 governors comprising Mr Makinde, Nyesom Wike of Rivers St...