Again, Clark Writes Justice Kekere-Ekun, Commends CJN over Verdict on Onnoghen

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has commended the Nigerian Judiciary under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, for the judgment which vindicated former CJN, Walter Onnoghen, of corruption allegations levelled against him.

Clark, in a second letter to Kekere-Ekun, a copy of which was sent to THISDAY in Abuja yesterday, urged the CJN to clean up the Judiciary by sending all corrupt judges packing.
He said many Nigerians heaved sighs of relief when the CJN was  unanimously nominated by the National Judicial Commission (NJC).

“Many Nigerians since then have congratulated you for starting the serious and genuine clean-up of the Nigerian Judiciary including all its associates because you believe it has been your home for years.
“You must clean it up and Nigerians are behind you and they are praying for you everyday because without an efficient and incorruptible judiciary, Nigeria will end up as a failed country.
“As for the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen in his own case, ‘a Daniel has come to judgement’.

“I knew he was not fairly treated. He was oppressed and humiliated by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN.
“At this juncture, let me say this, President Bola Tinubu’s government must not allow sacred cows to exist in Nigeria no matter whose ox is gored.

“There is no one who is above the law in his own country. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Russian President Vladimir Putin are today being looked for, for trial but they are on the run.
“A president of a country is just one of the ordinary members in the country, but once elected, enjoys immunity. There is nowhere therefore in the constitution or any legal document where it is stated that immunity is for life.”
He challenged Tinubu to open the books of past Nigerian leaders and bring whoever that has committed atrocities to face judgment.