According to the names listed on the high profile listed cases under the investigation of the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen was mention in the list. 

The CJN has come out openly to say that he have nothing to hide, that he is open to investigation.
This was disclosed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday that he was not aware of his reported ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The CJN, however, assured the general public and the judiciary that he had nothing to hide and was open to investigation if need be.

According to a circular by the CJN’s Senior Special Assistant (Media), Mr. Awassam Bassey, in response to Online circulated news that he was among the listed high profile case under the EFCC’s report which indicated that the CJN’s name was on the list of high profile persons being investigated by the EFCC as of August 2017.

According to the circulated trending news on the internet that the list was sent by the EFCC to the AGF office last month.

According to the statement from the CJN described the “intelligence” being reportedly relied on by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the ongoing investigation as “abstract”, saying he had never been invited for investigation by the anti-corruption agency.

It read in part, “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.

“He will also not be distracted in his avowed reformative efforts to make the Nigerian Judiciary a beacon of well-rounded justice which the entire citizenry will be proud of.

“The public is encouraged to keep faith and trust in the present administration’s fight against corruption and be assured that the CJN is doing his best to reform the Judiciary accordingly.”

The general public must know that the Constitution and the judiciary is still the last hope of the common man and Constitution is the bedrock to democratic system and holds no grudges against man.

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