CJN To EFCC: My Hands Are Clean

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, says he’s prepared to face the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC  and defend himself against any allegation of corruption.

Onnoghen maintained that he has never been invited for investigation by the EFCC and has nothing to hide.

In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Awassam Bassey, Onnoghen stated that he is ready to pay the required price to make the nation a better place.

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.”