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CJN ONNOGHEN EXPRESSES READINESS TO SURRENDER SELF FOR PROBE BY EFCC

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Following
media report that he is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, for “for yet-to-be disclosed reasons”, the Chief Justice of
Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen on Wednesday declared that he is ready to
surrender himself for probe by the anti-graft agency.

He maintained that he has nothing to hide,
asserting that he was “ready to pay the required price to make the nation a
better place”.
The CJN, in a statement signed by his media
aide, Awassam Bassey, pointed out that he has never been invited or called upon
by the EFCC to offer any explanation on any impropriety, adding that he would
not be distracted in his effort to reform the nation’s judiciary.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been
drawn to media reports quoting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) as probing the Hon. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice
Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, for yet-to-be disclosed reasons.
“The reports in the media mentioned the reason
for the investigation as “intelligence” which for now we take to be abstract.
“However, the Hon. CJN wishes to use this
medium to say that it is the first time he is being aware of any allegations or
intelligence against him, neither has he been invited or called upon to offer
any explanation on any impropriety.
“However, the Hon. CJN wishes to assure the
public that he has nothing to hide and is open to investigation.
“As a committed patriot who has spent all his
adult life in the temple of justice, the Hon. CJN is ready to pay the required
price to make the nation a better place.
“The commitment of the Hon CJN to the efforts
of the current administration to rid the country of corrupt practices is
unwavering and he will stop at nothing to see a new dawn in Nigeria’s
Judiciary.
“He will also not be distracted in his avowed
reformative efforts to make the Nigerian Judiciary a beacon of well-rounded
justice which the entire citizenry will be proud of.
“The public is encouraged to keep faith and
trust in the present administration’s fight against corruption and be assured
that the CJN is doing his best to reform the Judiciary accordingly.”

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