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ONNOGHEN: Follow Due Process, UPU Tells FG

President-General of Urhobo Progress Union Worldwide, UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga, has advised the Federal Government to follow due process in the handling of the false asset charges against Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

Acknowledging that Justice Onnoghen was not above the law and immune from prosecution, Taiga said the right channel should be followed.

He noted that “normally, Justice Onnoghen, as a judicial officer, should, first of all, face National Judicial Council, NJC. It is only after he is found guilty by the NJC that he can be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal or a court of competent jurisdiction.

“The UPU is worried about the speed with which the CJN is being arraigned. The petition was dated January 7. Within a week, the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, had concluded the investigation and the CCT was ready to arraign the CJN. It raises suspicion in a country where the judicial system is usually very slow.”

“The UPU PG is also worried about the timing of the trial. While people can be tried at any time, the atmosphere in the country is already tensed and this trial could worsen the situation.”

Taiga advised that the government should first follow due process and thereafter, commence the trial, if need be, after the election when the election fever would have been over.

He also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a free, fair and credible election, just as he called on the federal and state governments to refrain from acts that could cause chaos before, during and after the election, adding “Let the will of the people prevail.”




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