Special Adviser to President
Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has denied that
his boss demanded the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),
Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Ojudu was reacting to reports
that Buhari asked the embattled CJN to tender his resignation letter.
“Buhari never at any time
demanded CJ’s resignation.
“I challenge anyone who says so
to cite the pronouncement, the press statement or quote any public official who
made such announcement,” Nation quoted him as saying.
The government will on Monday
January 14, 2019, arraign the CJN before the Justice Danladi Yakubu led-Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja on charges of failures to declare his assets as
required by law and for operating Bank Domiciliary Foreign Currency Accounts.
The charge against Justice
Onnoghen was filed and served on him last Friday at his official residence in
Abuja preparatory for his appearance at the tribunal.
The Federal Government, among
others, is accusing Nigeria’s Head of the judiciary of refusal to declare his
assets in breach of the provision of the Code of Conduct Bureau Act.
He is also being accused of
maintaining Domiciliary foreign currencies account which comprised Dollars
Account, Pound Sterling Account and Euro Account which are alleged to be
contrary to relevant laws, especially for public office holders.
Justice Onnoghen, whose
appointment suffered delay by President Muhammadu Buhari over undisclosed
issues, may be the first CJN in Nigeria to be arraigned for criminal charges by
the Federal Government.
Already, eminent lawyers have
volunteered to put their services at the disposal of Justice Onnoghen.
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