Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said President Muhammadu Buhari only got to know about the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Saturday.
Osinbajo, who was speaking in Abuja at a one day conference organized by the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, with the theme : “Free Press and Objective Reporting in the 2019 Election Year”, said the President also expressed sadness over the trial of the National President of Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro (SAN).
While the Chief Justice had been scheduled to face trial at the CCT over the non-declaration of assets, Usoro is standing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on account of payments received from Akwa Ibom governor for job done.
The Federal Government has, meanwhile, ordered the discontinuation of Onnoghen’s arraignment.
While absolving Buhari of pre-arranging the trial of Onnoghen for non declaration of assets, Osinbajo said Buhari never had any fact of financial misdemeanor involving the CJN until Saturday evening.
He expressed regrets that the CJN had to go through the process, even as he said Buhari had issued specific instructions that anti-graft institutions should be allowed to do their jobs without any interference.
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