Suspended Onnoghen bows to preesure, resigns as CJN
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, a senior lawyer in his legal team confirmed on Friday.
“I have just spoken with him. He confirmed to me that he resigned voluntarily yesterday,” the senior advocate who said he did not have Onnoghen’s authorization to speak on the issue said.
Onnoghen had reportedly sent his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, barely 24 hours after the National Judicial Council concluded investigating him for various allegations of misconduct.
There has not been an official confirmation of his resignation from his spokesperson, Mr. Awassam Bassey, who when contacted by our reporter, said that he was out of town.
“Am out of town, l haven’t been able to confirm anything like that,” he responded in an SMS.
