UPDATED: EFCC Raiding Of CJN’s Abuja Home, Not True, SSA To CJN, Bassey, EFCC Source

* EFCC sources: No plans to arrest Onnoghen

The Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the Chief Justice of
Nigeria, Awassam Bassey, JP has debunked the rumour making the
round that the Abuja Home of the Chief Justice of Nigeria,
Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen, has been raided by Security
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC).

Debunking the report made by an online media outlet,
the SSA disclosed to TheNigerialawyer (TNL) in a telephone
conversation that the report is not true, stressing that, the FFCC
has not invaded the home of the Justice, and that it could probably
be a plan, but not yet effected to his knowledge.

TNL recalls that some online media has earlier made a report
stating that the Abuja Home of the Chief Justice of Nigeria was
under siege by men of the anti-graft agency over an allegation of
false assets declaration in breach of the Code of Conduct for
Public Officers.

Two senior EFCC officials emphatically told our reporter that
the rumour was “untrue”.

There are no plans by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to arrest Walter Onnoghen, the chief justice
of Nigeria (CJN), over allegations of corruption, senior officials
of the agency have told TheNigerialawyer.

Yinka Odumakin, the Afenifere national publicity secretary, had
recorded a short video broadcast on social media Tuesday afternoon
alleging a raid on the residence of Onnoghen, who had failed to
appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday over
charges of non-declaration of assets.