This report presents the story of Justice Walter Onnoghen’s conviction by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. It takes the reader through the 100-day ordeal – counting from January 9 – of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the intrigues, the desperation and the sloppiness of the entire episode, leading to his conviction last Thursday.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
I have no comment”, was the exact response of the embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, after he was convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja on all the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him.
Many will, however, argue that he was not that punctilious in response, the day he was approached by officials of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, to explain alleged infractions that were observed in his asset declaration forms.
In the interface that took place between him and CCB investigators on…
