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Malam Tanko Yakasai |
Outspoken elder statesman, Malam Tanko Yakasai, has condemned the conviction of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen by the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
According to a statement by the elder statesman, the ex-CJN’s ordeal,
prompted by petitioner Dennis Aghanya, was politically motivated.
Comparing the pace at which the Federal Government prosecuted
Onnoghen with that of erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, the senior citizen accused
President Muhammadu Buhari of double standards, insisting that the
anti-corruption campaign was targeted at perceived enemies of his
administration.
He said: “It will be recalled that the matter started with a petition
written to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) by a political gladiator
called Dennis Aghanya on January 7, 2019.
“The man was a political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari from
their days in the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in
which the president was the candidate while Aghanya was national
publicity secretary.
“After the collapse of the CPC into what we now know as the All
Progressives Congress (APC) under which platform General Muhammadu
Buhari became Nigeria’s president, Dennis Aghanya has been in the
corridors of power.
“The man wrote his petition on January 7, which he submitted to the
CCB, after two days. It took the CCB only two days to investigate all
the allegations the man made against Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen and
concluded the investigation, and forwarded the matter to the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
“It took the CCT one day to prepare their charges against Justice
Onnoghen. He was asked to appear before the Tribunal in a matter of six
days from the first day the petition was written to the CCB.”
The elder statement further alleged that the whole scenario was scripted to achieve a pre-determined end.
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