The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen,
is not under investigation for alleged corruption.
In a statement by its
spokesperson Wilson Uwajuren, the EFCC stated that the recently leaked report
of the probe of the CJN was not accurate.
Uwajuren said, though, there were
petitions filed against Onnoghen at the time he was under consideration for his
current position, the agency found no valid claim in the allegations.
He further noted that the report
could create disaffection between the EFCC and the judiciary.
“The Commission wishes to state
categorically that it is currently not investigating Justices Onnoghen and
Kafarati.
“While Onnoghen was being
considered for his present position, the Commission received some petitions
which were investigated and found to be without merit and discarded.”
“It is important to state that
this report did not emanate from the EFCC and the allusion to “an EFCC source”
is diversionary and mischievous.
“For the avoidance of doubt,
cases under investigation communicated to the Office of the Attorney General of
the Federation by the Commission are classified information and it is troubling
how such would be leaked to the media.
“Indeed, much damage has been
done to the Commission’s investigation activities by this leak especially as
some of the cases mentioned are still at preliminary stages of investigation,”
said Uwajuren.
He, however, did not deny the
commission was investigating other politically exposed persons, like Messrs.
Fayemi, Fayose, Yahaya Bello, Godswill Akpabio, Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, among
others.
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