The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as “untrue and evil”, reports in some quarters that its Men had invaded the Abuja residence of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen just as the Justice himself also denied any invasion of his house.
According to the Director of public relations of the commission, Tony Orilade who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, he said the news is a fake news and “ is being spread by evil men and women to get evil results.”
The statement reads in part: “One of the architect of the fake news, Femi Fani-Kayode, was quoted as saying “Why have the EFCC surrounded the home of CJN Onnoghen and why are they seeking to arrest him? These people want Nigeria to burn! Buhari call off your dogs before it is too late! This is a democracy and not a gestapo state! In the name of God let this madness stop”.
Another arrowhead of the fake news, Yinka Odumakin shared a non-existent video which has gone viral. We want to assure Nigerians that while we would fight corruption in line with the mandate setting up the Commission, agents of darkness, in the likes of Femi Fani-Kayode, Yinka Odumakin and their cohorts, would never be able to manipulate the people against the Commission.
“We also want to assure Fani-Kayode, Yinka Odumakin and other purveyors of the evil news to be ready to defend their actions in the court of law as the EFCC will file libel suit against them without further delay”.
NAN reports that this may be connected to the halting of Onnoghen’s trial by the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday. The court had asked the Federal Government to put on hold plans to arraign Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
The Federal Government had, through the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), filed six counts of non-declaration of assets charges against Onnoghen.
However, ruling on two separate ex parte applications, Justice N.E Maha, ordered parties to maintain status quo until Jan. 17.
Also, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has reportedly debunked reports claiming that his residence was on Tuesday, January 15, invaded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to Vanguard, the senior special adviser to the CJN on media, Awassam Bassey, described the alleged invasion as false news.
