NJC anti-graft committee: I’ve recieved 1, 124 corruption cases — CJN

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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA—The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday, said he had received a compiled list of 1,124 high-profile cases that would be monitored by the Corruption and other Financial Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO), recently constituted by the National Judicial Council, NJC.

The CJN who made the disclosure while inaugrating the Justice Suleiman Galadima led committee, said the compendium of pending corruption cases were transmitted to his office by heads of various courts across the country.

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Nkanu Onnoghen

He said the committee was formed as an evidence of commitment of the Judiciary to lend support to efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to rid the nation of corruption.

Justice Onnoghen stressed that all aspects of the judiciary and its duties would be scrutinised,…



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