Elder statesman, Malam Tanko
Yakasai, has faulted the conviction by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) of
former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen.
In a statement yesterday, he
maintained that the ex-CJN’s ordeal, prompted by petitioner Dennis Aghanya, was
politically motivated.
Juxtaposing the pace at which the
Federal Government prosecuted Onnoghen with that of erstwhile Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, the senior citizen
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of double standards, insisting that the
anti-corruption campaign was targeted at perceived enemies of his
administration.
He said: “It will be recalled
that the matter started with a petition written to the Code of Conduct Bureau
(CCB) by a political gladiator called Dennis Aghanya on January 7, 2019.
“The man was a political
associate of President Muhammadu Buhari from their days in the defunct Congress
for Progressive Change (CPC) in which the president was the candidate while
Aghanya was national publicity secretary.
“After the collapse of the CPC
into what we now know as the All Progressives Congress (APC) under which
platform General Muhammadu Buhari became Nigeria’s president, Dennis Aghanya
has been in the corridors of power.
“The man wrote his petition on
January 7, which he submitted to the CCB, after two days. It took the CCB only
two days to investigate all the allegations the man made against Hon. Justice
Walter Onnoghen and concluded the investigation, and forwarded the matter to
the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
“It took the CCT one day to
prepare their charges against Justice Onnoghen. He was asked to appear before
the Tribunal in a matter of six days from the first day the petition was
written to the CCB.”
The elder statement further
alleged that the whole scenario was scripted to achieve a pre-determined end.
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