The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has rested its case of alleged misconduct against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the National Judicial Council, according to The PUNCH.

Multiple sources conversant with the proceedings of the five-man investigation panel of the NJC said that the EFCC rested its case after calling seven witnesses.

The commission was said to have called its first witness on March 12 and rested its case within one week.

It was learnt on Sunday that Onnoghen has since opened his defence and called two witnesses on Wednesday, March 20.

“The EFCC has rested its case and Justice Onnoghen has opened his defence. With this, we expect that the NJC will soon end its investigation,” one of the sources told our correspondent.

In its petition before the NJC, the EFCC, it was learnt, accused Onnoghen of having some suspicious lodgments of huge funds in his bank accounts.

The other petition against the suspended CJN was reportedly by a civil society group, the Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative, and its Executive Director, Mr Dennis Aghanya.

The allegations in the petition sent to the NJC by the group were said to be a replica of the petition sent to the Code of Conduct Bureau which informed the six counts filed before the Code of Conduct Tribunal accusing the suspended CJN of failure to declare some bank accounts with huge funds in foreign currencies as part of his assets.

Read more at: https://www.primepost.ng/2019/03/25/efcc-closes-case-against-onnoghen-at-njc/

More correctly put: "EFCC Ends Its Propaganda Against Justice Walter Onnoghen".

Bunch of retrogressive clowns!

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Splinz:
More correctly put: "EFCC Ends Its Propaganda Against Justice Walter Onnoghen".

Bunch of retrogressive clowns!

have you wondered why no APC supporters were found in this thread? Their middle name is propaganda. You need to see how their comments were flying here when the case was still hot. Some of them even called him a pdp man, knowing fully well he's an incorruptible judge who mistakenly found himself in the apc. Dont think they're not seeing this topic, they just decided to waka pass.

Theres a problem in this country. Maybe the federal government decided to remove him as they knew he would not be biased on cases that do not favour them so, they quickly removed him ahead of elections.

Buhari is cursed