Onnoghen insisted at his resumed trial that the Form 001 he filled in 2014 and 2015, were no longer the way he submitted them, to the CCB, querying why the hitherto bound documents appeared “in loose form” before the tribunal, alleging that it was tampered with, with some of the pages missing.
The Federal Government had insisted that it was the CCB that okayed Onnoghen’s trial based on certain infractions discovered in his asset declaration forms. “We have some reservation on the documents’ we will not object in the interest of justice but we have reservations that would be addressed at the end of the day,” he added.
“The department responded. The two asset declaration forms were examined and filed in the case file,” the witness stated.Under cross-examination, the witness told the tribunal that he was not aware that the CCB had a central register where asset declaration forms submitted to it by public officers are kept. He said he also had no idea of the number of asset declaration forms the Bureau issued from 1993 to 2019.
When he was shown a copy of the charge and the day it was filed, the witness said: “As at January 10, we had not taken the statement of the defendant. We concluded our assignment on January 11.” Asked if he would be surprised to know that as at that 3p.m., when the team submitted its report, FG had already secured leave of the tribunal and preferred charges against Onnoghen, the witness said: “My lord, I cannot answer this question. All I know is that we filed our report after we obtained statement of the defendant. We were not aware that the charge was already filed.”
He said two Union Bank accounts were declared in the form. According to him, the form was received and acknowledged by the CCB on December 14, 2016. He said the second asset declaration form was when Onnoghen was appointed as the CJN. “The team proceeded to Standard Chartered Bank requesting for the defendant’s account statement with the bank, account opening documents and certificate of identification. The bank responded.
“He brought out a plain paper but the team informed him that CCB has a cautionary form for statements and he was informed that he needs a witness to observe the writing of the statement who could be a lawyer or a reputable person.
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