Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, yesterday bemoaned his removal, saying claims that he met with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, preparatory to the 2019 general elections, was one of the major ploys used by his adversaries to remove him.
Onnoghen said he was not surprised when all of a sudden, his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal was arranged, even when he had not been invited to defend the allegation or any wrongdoing. “Let me make it clear that the office of the CJN was not for Onnoghen but for all Nigerians who had sworn to guide and protect the Constitution of the Federal Republic.
“During my tenure, the problem of Nigeria was not the Nigerian judiciary, but those who had no regard for the rule of law. We must therefore be committed to the rule of law and dispense justice without fear or favour.He said his ordeal in 2019 was not the first, adding that at a point during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure, a Commission was set up and that he was indicted of wrongdoing, even when he was not invited or allowed to appear before the Commission to defend himself.
According to him, Nigeria is structured on the rule of law and that any democracy not founded on the rule of law is a dictatorship.
And all the scandals that followed are rumours? The judiciary in Nigeria is the biggest scam in corruption. If it had expunge itself of corruption, nobody, even the President would dire it!
Rumour or you actually met 🪓
Get over it old man. It's in the past
Let God be the judge