Omoyele Sowore, presidential
candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says he was the first person to
expose Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), as possessing
accounts containing unexplainable funds.
Sowore said this on Wednesday
night while featuring at a town-hall meeting tagged 'TheCandidates', broadcast
live on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) with the support of MacArthur
Foundation.
He made the statement while
answering a question on how his administration would tackle corruption, if
elected.
He explained that for any
anti-corruption war to succeed, it must be fought indiscriminately.
"There must be consequences,
you know... for people to know that it is not alright to be corrupt and still
get a chieftaincy title," he said.
"Look at the judiciary.
Look, Nigeria has been playing around with crruption for a long time, but you
know, as an individual, I have been fighting corruption for the last 12 years
with SaharaReporters.
"The Chief Justice of
Nigeria who is under trial now, I was the first person on SaharaReporters to
put out his account that he has money that he cannot explain. Do you know what
happened when I did it? The EFCC issued a statement that I was wrong. Now, when
it is politically expedient, he is underoing trial."
Onnoghen is currently being tried
at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for fraudulent asset declaration, with
latest revelation about his bank account detailing a series of dubious payments
to the tune of bundreds of thousands of dollars.
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