The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has opened his defence in the ongoing trial for alleged questionable assets declaration.
The suit was filed against Onnoghen by the Federal Government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
At the resumed sitting of the case in Abuja on Monday, a witness, Lawal Olarewaju-Busari, told the tribunal that he was Onnoghen’s driver from 1999 till date.
”On Nov. 3, 2010, His Lordship gave me N200 to get the assets declaration form. When I got back, I gave him the original receipt after the payment.
”On Nov. 4, 2010, I went back there to pay for my personal assets declaration form,’’ the witness said.
The receipt of the payment for the assets declaration form was tendered in evidence by the Counsel to the defendant, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, and was marked as exhibit by the CCT.
