Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has made it clear that there is no judicial gang-up against the Federal Government’s battle with corruption in the country.
Justice Onnoghen, who spoke to news men shortly after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that the judiciary is behind the fight against corruption with all sense of responsibility.
“If there was steam then it wouldn’t happen without the participation of the judiciary. So, if there is losing of steam you should not only equate it to the judiciary.
“The fight against corruption has lost no steam. It is not correct. Now, you should know one thing: two people will always have a quarrel. They may be three or four or one hundred. All the parties to that quarrel will always have different stories to tell.
“By the way, our system is fashioned and designed and operated, when you go to a court of law, you cannot have a drawn game.
“There must be a winner and there must be a loser. In our system, a loser has the chance of appealing to the highest court eventually.
“So, you cannot say because the government or any agency has lost a case in the high court, you have lost a case and the fight is losing steam.” [myad]
