The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has alleged that the two asset declaration forms he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have been tampered with.
Justice Onnoghen made the allegation on Monday in Abuja through his counsel, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Adeboyega Awomolo, who cross-examined a prosecution witness at the resumed trial on the six counts of non-declaration of assets brought against him by the Federal Government.
Justice Onnoghen informed the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that the two forms he submitted in 2014 and 2016 were mutilated and in loose form.
The allegation came when the first prosecution witness, a senior investigation officer with the CCB, Mr James Akpala, sought to tender the two asset forms investigated by the bureau. Read more