Ex-CJN, Onnoghen Aquitted from false assets declaration conviction, regains seized assets.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen from his conviction of false assets declaration charges by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2019 removed Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria during the pendency…