The Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen will be tried at
the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday, January 14th on a six count
charge over his alleged failure to declare his assets as required by law and
for operating Bank Domiciliary Foreign Currency Accounts.
Reacting to
the hasty trial, Senate President Bukola Saraki who was once tried by the CCT
has just said, ‘the proposed trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) has
once again opened up the debate on the transparency and neutrality of this
administration’s fight against corruption’.
Saraki added
that, ‘the haste with which this trial is being pursued leaves a lot to be
desired. From last Wednesday when the so-called petition against the CJN was
initiated to the period the trial is scheduled to commence has been barely
three working days’.
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