IGP Orders Investigation into Assault of Woman by Senator Elisha Abbo.

The Senate has begun probe into the case of a serving lawmaker, Senator Elisha Abbo PDP, Adamawa North who allegedly slapped a nursing mother repeatedly at a sex toy shop in Abuja. Senator Elisha Abbo Against this backdrop, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has set up a seven- Member Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate the matter and report back in two weeks at Plenary.

Announcing the Committee, Lawan promised that the Senate will be responsive and responsible, stressing that it will continue to remain the Senate of the people. Resolution of the Senate to set Up the Committee was sequel to a motion by Senator Uba Sani, APC, Kaduna Central. The Committee is chaired by Senator Sam Egwu, PDP, Ebonyi North.

Other members of the Committee are Senators Oluremi Tinubu, APC, Lagos Central; Matthew Urhoghide, PDP, Edo South; Stella Oduah, PDP, Anambra North; Danladi Sankara, APC, Jigawa North- West; Sani Musa, Niger and Daudu Haliru Jika, Bauchi Central. Recall that Senator Abbo, who defeated the respected Senator Binta Garba, to emerge as the winner of the Adamawa North senatorial district, was seen assaulting the woman in a video posted by Premium Times The assault, which reportedly occurred on May 11, 2019, was done in the presence of an armed policeman who rather than assist the victim, arrested her. 

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Following a directive by Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, the Police in Abuja has commenced investigation into the public assault of a woman who was beaten almost to pulp by Senator Elisha Abbo. Consequently, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Bala Ciroma has contacted both Senator Abo and the female (victim), as well as the police orderly to report at the Command headquarters for investigation.

Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba who made the disclosure while addressing a group of protesters at Force headquarters, assured that justice will not only be done in the matter but will be seen to have been done.

Source: vanguardngr

COZA's Pastor Steps Down, ....Insists He has Never Raped, ‘Even as an Unbeliever’

Biodun Fatoyinbo, the senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), has stepped down from the pulpit and as the senior pastor of the  church.

In a statement released on Monday on his Instagram handle, he said the move was due to  the advise of his mentors.

Fatoyinbo who had been in the news since Friday was accused by Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of Timi Dakolo, Nigerian musician, of raping her when she was almost 17. 

However, Pastor Fatoyinbo insists he has never raped, ‘even as an unbeliever’

See the Full Video of Busola Dakolo's Interview on How She was Raped by the Founder of COZA - Pastor Fatoyinbo. Some Nigerians have also Reacted

Busola Dakolo's Interview on How She was Raped by the Founder of COZA - Pastor Fatoyinbo

Nigerians have reacted to Timi Dakolo's wife accusing COZA pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of assaulting her. The popular Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo’s wife, Busola, has come out to speak on how she was allegedly raped by the pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo when she was a teenager.

Busola described the sad experience in an exclusive interview with Y Naija. She explained that Pastor Biodun forcefully had his way with her in her parents’ house when she was home for holiday. The revelation from the singer’s wife has raised numerous reactions on social media due to the personalities involved. Some people sympathised with Busola as they praised her for being courageous.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo: FG says Boko Haram Statement Irresponsible.

Nigeria’s Federal Government has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tender a public apology over his comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP.

Government also asked him to withdraw the statement it described as deeply offensive and patently divisive.

It said such indiscreet comments are far below the status of an elder statesman. 

In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was particularly tragic that a man who fought to keep Nigeria one is the same one seeking to exploit the country’s fault lines to divide it in the twilight of his life.

He said Boko Haram and ISWAP are terrorist organizations pure and simple, adding that they care little about ethnicity or religion when perpetrating their senseless killings and destruction.

”Since the Boko Haram crisis, which has been simmering under the watch of Obasanjo, boiled over in 2009, the terrorist organization has killed more Muslims than adherents of any other religion, blown up more mosques than any other houses of worship and is not known to have spared any victim on the basis of their ethnicity. It is therefore absurd to say that Boko Haram and its ISWAP variant have as their goal the ‘Fulanisation and Islamisation’ of Nigeria, West Africa or Africa,” Alhaji Mohammed said.

He said President Buhari put to rest the mis-characterization of Boko Haram as an Islamic organization when he said, in his inaugural speech in 2015, that ”Boko Haram is a mindless, godless group who are as far away from Islam as one can think of”.

The Minister said Obasanjo’s comments are therefore as insensitive and mischievous as they are as offensive and divisive in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country like Nigeria, wondering whether there is no limit to how far the former President will go in throwing poisonous darts at his perceived political enemies.

He said Obasanjo’s prescriptions for ending the Boko Haram/ISWAP crisis, which include seeking assistance outside the shores of Nigeria, are coming several years late, as President Buhari has done that and more since assuming office, hence the phenomenal success he has recorded in tackling the terrorists.

”Shortly after assuming office in 2015, President Buhari’s first trips outside the country were to rally the support of Nigeria’s neighbours – Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger – for the efforts to battle the terrorists. The President also rallied the support of the international community, starting with the G7, and then the US, France and the UN.

”That explains the massive degrading of Boko Haram, which has since lost its capacity to carry out the kind of spectacular attacks for which it became infamous, and the recovery of every inch of captured Nigerian territory from the terrorists,” Alhaji Mohammed said.

He said Obasanjo’s call for wide consultations with various groups as part of the efforts to tackle the Boko Haram crisis has been neutralized by his ill-advised comments which have served more to alienate a large number of Nigerians, who are offended by his tactless and distasteful postulation.

The Minister called on the former President, whom he said took bullets for Nigeria’s unity, not to allow personal animosity to override his love for a united Nigeria, saying it will not be out of place if he withdraws his unfortunate statement and apologizes to Nigerians.


Source: NAN

Appeal Court Affirms Oyetola’s Election, Adeleke Loses

The Court of appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s judgment which nullified Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s victory in the Osun governorship election.

In three separate appeals filed by Oyetola, the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission, the appellate court was asked to set aside the 22 March, 2019 judgement of the tribunal which declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as winner.

The Appeal court has now affirmed Oyetola’s election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The tribunal in a split judgment on 22 March declared Adeleke as winner of the September 2018 election and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue him with the certificate of return.

Two of the judges, Justices Obiora and Ayinla Gbolagunte. upheld the petitions filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke and the PDP. However, the Chairman of the tribunal differed from the two and upheld Oyetola’s election.

The tribunal’s majority verdict held that the supplementary election by INEC in seven cancelled units on Sept. 22,2018, was null and void.

The tribunal ruled that the Returning Officer who cancelled the results had no power to do so.

The appeal court judgment also has a dissenter, Justice George Mbaba.

In the majority judgment of four-to-one, delivered by the Chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Jumai Hannatu-Sankey the judges declared that the decision of the tribunal which sacked Oyetola as governor was not valid and consequently set aside the entire proceedings of the tribunal.

The appellate court nullified the majority judgment of the tribunal delivered by Peter Obiora, on the grounds that he relied on the evidence of two witnesses which he did not observe.

Justice Sankey noted that the Court of Appeal ordinarily having set aside the entire proceedings of the tribunal, ought to order a re-trial of the case.

However, she said, the appellate court could not order a re-trial because the 180 days provided by the law for election petition had elapsed.

Justice George Mbaba in a dissenting judgment, dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision of the tribunal.

Justice Mbaba held that Justice Obiora who did not participate in the proceedings of February 6, 2019 was contentious and enough reason to nullify the appeal.

He added that all the members of the panel ought to have been on seat to sign the proceedings of Feb.6, 2019 and subsequently disagreed with the judgment of the other four members.

Mbaba further noted that the issue of sabotage cannot be ruled out as the records were transmitted by court’s registrar.

He consequently dismissed the appeal and upheld the majority decision of the tribunal which sacked Oyetola and returned Adeleke as Governor.

Mbaba however awarded cost of N200,000 against Oyetola.

Another appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also upheld by the majority of four to one.

In his dissenting judgment, Mbaba came down heavily on the electoral umpire,INEC for its failure to live up to expectation in the conduct of the election.

He held that INEC which did not call any witness at the tribunal or tendered any document surprisingly came to the Appeal Court to file an appeal.

He said the electoral umpire was wrong for saying that Adeleke and PDP cannot challenge the September 27 rerun election on the grounds that they had waived their rights by participating in the said election.

According to Mbaba, no serious party would boycott any rerun election when a final declaration had not been made.

He said INEC acted dubiously in the rerun election.

“INEC acted dubiously in the way it handled the rerun election. INEC should not have been put in the dock if it has done the right thing at the rerun election.

“ When INEC was in the dock, it shied away without filing any argument”, Mbaba said.

On the cancellation of results in 17 polling units, Justice Mbaba held that the cancellation was deliberate because INEC returning Officer has no power to do the cancellation.

“It is the presiding Officer that has the power to cancel results if need be,’’ he said.

Other members of the panel were Justices Abubakar Yahaya, Isaiah Akeju and Bitrus Sanga.

Governor Oyetola, who contested the last governorship election on the platform of the APC, faulted the majority judgment delivered by the tribunal.

The governor in his 39-ground Notice of Appeal filed on March 26, by his team of lawyers, led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, claimed that the judgment was “perverse, replete with contradictions and not supported by evidence led by the petitioners”.

He therefore asked the appellate court to uphold his appeal, set aside the majority judgment and dismiss the Oct. 16, 2018 petition by PDP and Adeleke.

The governor said his complaint, in the appeal, was against the entire majority judgment, except where the tribunal held that it lacked jurisdiction to set aside INEC Guidelines; that the allegation of over voting was not proved; that the petitioners did not prove voided votes and other parts of the judgment where the tribunal agreed with their arguments.

Oyetola is contending, in his first ground of appeal, that the entire majority judgment was a nullity, because it was written and delivered by Justice Obiora “who did not participate in all the proceedings of the tribunal and who was not present when all the witnesses gave evidence.”

He noted that Justice Obiora was absent on Feb. 6, when the respondents witnesses Ayoola Soji and Oladejo Kazeem – testified and tendered exhibits, which the tribunal admitted in evidence.

The appellant argued that, having not attended the tribunal’s siting on Feb. 6, Justice Obiora could not have seen the two witnesses and was unable to examine their demeanour, as required, and therefore, unlawful for the judge to have authored a judgment in which he reviewed the evidence given by the witnesses.

He said: “The writing of and or the participation of the honourable justice P. C. Obiora in the writing of the judgment of the lower tribunal of March 22, and delivery of same, vitiates the entire judgment.”

Oyetola also argued that the tribunal, in its majority judgment, erred in law and acted without jurisdiction when it accepted the petitioners’ complained of non-compliance with the provisions of Electoral Act in relation to the Sept. 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun and on that basis proceeded to nullify the victory of Oyetola and APC.

It was equally the appellant’s contention that the tribunal acted without jurisdiction by basing its decision to uphold the petition and set aside the return of the appellants on the basis of allegation of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, in relation to the Sept. 22 governorship election.

Source: NAN

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Welcome A Baby Boy To The Royal Family

Source: cheatsheet.com

The latest royal baby has arrived.

Meghan Markle, who is married to Britain's Prince Harry, gave birth to the couple's first child early Monday. The baby boy weighed in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces. His name hasn't yet been announced.

The baby is "very healthy," Harry told reporters later in the day, adding that "mother and baby are doing incredibly well."

"It's been the most amazing experience that I could ever possibly imagine," the giddy new father said. "How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension, but we're both absolutely thrilled."

Harry was "present for the birth" at 5:26 a.m. local time, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

The palace added that royal family members "have been informed and are delighted by the news." Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, is with the couple at Frogmore Cottage in Berkshire, and the palace says she is "overjoyed by the arrival of her first grandchild."

The pregnancy had been shrouded in an unusual degree of secrecy. Buckingham Palace did not disclose where she would give birth or precisely when she was due.

News: NPR

See Video - Francis Odega “gerrarahere” Send His Wife Out of the House, Refuses to Pay His Only Child's Tuition Fees.

Nigeria’s popular comic actor Francis Odega has reportedly sends his wife out of his house and has refused to care for their only child.

This was revealed in a video provided on Instagram, where his daughter, Success Odega explained how the actor beats regularly her mother (his wife).

She (Success) further added that Francis Odega – who is well-known with the comic saying “gerrarahere” has also refused to pay her tuition fees.

The daughter went ahead to plead with Nigerians to help ensure that he pays her school fees, even as he has kicked  her and her mom out of the house.

A report was also given by one of Francis’s in-laws with details of what has been going on, saying her sister has been married to the actor for 15 years and has not enjoyed a single day of the marriage.

She noted the actor was poor and had nothing when her sister met him but she had stayed with him through it.

She wrote, “Then, he only had a video club that wasn’t bringing enough money, so my sister started a salon in the same shop and was taking care of the family with the salon business.

“Then things got very bad because he wasn’t getting any job and whenever my sister advises him to even go out to connect with colleagues that could probably help him, he would beat her up so badly.”
According to her, the actor had once attempted to rape her too, not minding she was the sister-in-law.

“One faithful night, I was home sleeping and my sister was at the hospital, Mr Odega came home and tried to rape me and I managed to run out of the house.

“So many times he has beaten my sister to the point that she will have to wake up at the hospital and each time all he will say is that my family will do nothing, that we don’t even have money to make any case with him,” she added.

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Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Angel tied the knot with his Canadian Girlfriend

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Angel has reportedly tied the knot with his Canadian girlfriend.

There are reports that former Big Brother Naija housemate, Ifiemi Angel Awotarigha popularly known as Angel has tied the knot with his Canadian girlfriend, Felicia.

From the photos shared on blogger, Instablog9ja's page, the former reality TV star has reportedly gotten married to his girlfriend, Felicia who is from Canada. The reality TV star hasn't however, posted photos on his official Instagram page which makes this story still a mere speculation.


Source:  Pulse

Recruitment: Nigeria Customs Service Receives 91,000 Applications in 24 hours

Less than 24 hours, after Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) opened its portal for ongoing recruitment exercise, no fewer than 91,000 Nigerians have so far successfully submitted their applications.

One of the officers in charge of the portal at customs’headquarters, Abuja who preferred anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that “as at 4:00 P.M, the applications of 91,000 applicants were successfully received.”

NAN reports that NCS opened its portal at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday for recruitment of 3,200 officers and men to the service.

The officer disclosed that applications of other Nigerians in diaspora were equally received.

He added that Nigerians in not less than 41 countries had so far applied for various cadres.

The Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi, at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja said 800 would be recruited to fill vacancies in the Support Staff for Superintendent Cadre Category.

Sanusi said 2,400 would fill those of Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadre in the General Duty Categories.

He also said that the service’s portal for the recruitment would be opened for 24 hours and would close after three weeks.



Source: NAN

Herdsmen Attack a Community in Ekiti State Leading to Several Deaths

Nigeria’s insecurity state has gotten to a state where citizens feel unsafe even in the safest areas in the country.

While the Northern part of the country is riddled with the activities of armed bandits and Boko Haram insurgency, cities and communities within the Southern part of the country also face security issue through kidnappings and herders killing which has become more prominent in recent months.

In a recent wave of insecurity, panic reigned in Iyemero town in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti state when suspected herdsmen alleged attacked the community.

Eda, one of the communities under Iyemero town was attacked by these suspected herdsmen in the wee hour of this morning.

The cold-blooded incident has claimed two lives and three others were inflicted with various degrees of injury.

According to THE NATION, sources within the community identified one of the dead as Mr Danjuma Ali, a Muslim farmer while the identity of the second person whose bodies had been deposited in the morgue of the General hospital, Ikole Ekiti is still undisclosed as at the time of filing this report.

Those undergoing medical treatment at the emergency section of the Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHI), Ido Ekiti include: Mrs Jennifer Akoko, Mr Joseph Achebe and one other victim.

The source said: “It has happened again today; it has been a recurrent killing. Some herders called Bororo stormed the farmstead and shot these innocent people.

“They came around 1am and were there till dawn. Our farmers are all afraid to go to their farmsteads. They all rushed to the palace of Oba Ebenezer Agboola Ogungbemi, the Olu of Iyemero Ekiti to take refuge. We are mourning today at Iyemero, we are not happy about this incident and the government must do something about it”, the source said.

The Olu of Iyemero, Oba Ogungbemi and Olu-In-Council, restated their calls for establishment of a police station in the town to curb the attackers.

The monarch, who spoke through the palace spokesman, Chief Ariyo Abejide, said there was urgent need for the teeming population of farmers in this farmstead to be protected and secured by the security agencies from another seemingly and imminent attacks and onslaught from the marauders.

“These Fulani herders stormed the community through the border of Iyemero at Eruku in Kwara state. This makes Iyemero a porous exit and entrant, which portend dangers and insecurity to the community, Ikole local government and the state in general”.

Oba Ogungbemi urged the residents to be peaceful and called for immediate intervention of the state government in this regard.

Also, the head of security and community vigilante group, Chief Jimoh Eshikin called on the state government to empower the village hunters,  in order to assist the security agents in effective Security surveillance  and patrol.

When called for confirmation, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said he has not been briefed about the matter.

Source: dailyadvent 

Popular Lagos Keyboardist, Killed by His Jealous Childhood Friend

An orphan had been thrown an into endless grief, after his only brother was killed by his jealous childhood friend in Lagos.

Frank Ohiozua - the deceased was a popular keyboardist who has played for many musicians. He was reportedly gifted a car by his elder brother to be used for transportation business on Uber. 

Sadly, his childhood friend, Edet Ayiasi, became jealous of the development and could not control this feeling, rather conspired with two other people to kill him.

Frank was abducted and whisked to a bush in Idiroko, Ogun State on a fateful day in January, 2019 where he was killed with machete.

However, Edet (the killer) started calling the deceased’s brother to demand for ransom, while he gave out the car to someone to be using for cab business. The brother, however, played along and asked for a bank account he could pay to.

Edet provided the account details his wife and the police used it to trail her to Oreyo Igbogbo, at Ikorodu, where she was arrested with Edet’s dad.

Knowing that the game is over, Edet turned himself in at the police station, and confessed to the murder of his friend.

Abuja Cultural Carnival will Gulp N82.109 million - Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has revealed that the 2019 edition of Abuja cultural carnival will gulp N82.109 million.

The yearly carnival aimed at showcasing the country’s rich cultural heritage is coordinated by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

Chairman of the Committee, Senator Fatimah Raji –Rasaki, had tackled the minister on the N82million proposed for the Abuja Cultural Carnival 2019 when the carnival did not hold last year despite N62 million appropriated for it.

Lai Mohammed revealed that the Cultural Centers established by the Federal Government in China and Brazil which had budgetary allocation of N25million in 2018 and N35million proposal for 2019, were necessary for positive projection of the country’s image abroad.

He said: “Cultural Centres are meant for foreign image of the country. They promote tourism and even the economy of the owner country

“Though not revenue generating centres, but in the long run, they add value to the economy and citizens of countries that established them.”

He noted that the total budgetary proposals for the two arms of the Ministry (Information, Culture and Tourism) in the 2019 fiscal year, is N5.306billion out which N3.398billion is for personnel cost, N880.507million for overhead  and N1.3billion for capital expenditure of both arms .

The Minister also said: “Money for cultural carnival of national magnitude ordinarily, should even be more than N82million but because of synergy the ministry is having with the Federal Capital Territory and other sponsors in terms of accommodation for participants from the various states, feeding, transportation, make us to make modest proposal of N82million.”

Otedola to Foot Former Super Eagles Player and Coach, Christian Chukwu's '$50,000' Medical Bill.

The Business Mogul and Philanthropist, Femi Otedola has offered to pay for the medical bills of Nigeria’s former football player and coach, Christian Chukwu.

However, it was reported that Christian Chukwu's has been down with an ailment, and he’s with dire need of funds for a proper treatment.

Chukwu is reportedly suffering from prostate cancer which has affected his leg, while the surgery on his leg has been done, he needs an additional $50,000 for the prostate surgery to be carried out.

During a phone conversation with TheCable, Otedola made a financial commitment to pay for the treatment - describing his act  as a "token of support to a great Nigerian who served his country to the best of his ability".

Man 'Resurrected' by Prophet Lukau, Finally Dies

The Zimbabwean man Brighton Elliot Moyo, who Prophet Alph Lukau,a South African prophet controversially ‘resurrected’ from the dead in February, has been confirmed dead again.

Brighton died last week in a village called St Luke’s in South Africa, according to H-Metro.

Sadly for him, Pastor Alph Lukau was not available to facilitate another resurrection. 

However, Elliot was buried on Saturday, a close family member reported.

According to his relative, Elliot’s stomach started swelling and didn’t stop for three days and on the third day, he died. 

According to report, he was survived by his wife, with no children.

Other reports stated that, when Brighton Elliot Moyo joined Prophet Lukau’s church he was HIV positive, also had kidney failure and tuberculosis.

"I was Given Birth to Out of Rape" Helen Paul Revealed

One of Nigeria's comedian, actress and singer Helen Paul, has become the first stand-up comedian to bag a doctorate degree in Theater Arts. This memorable event took place at the University of Lagos UNILAG on Thursday April 4th, 2019.

She took to the social media (Instagram) to appreciate her mother, as she also revealed that she was conceived out of rape.

Walter Onnoghen Resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)

Source: dailypost

He turned in his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening, a day after the National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended that he be compulsorily retired for misconduct.

By virtue of section 306 of the 1999 constitution, his resignation takes immediate effect.

Section 306 says “(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, any person who is appointed, elected or otherwise selected to any office established by this Constitution may resign from that office by writing under his hand addressed to the authority or person by whom he was appointed, elected or selected. (2) The resignation of any person from any office established by this Constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the authority or person to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or person to receive it.”

Reportedly, resignation was the “best possible option” for Onnoghen under the current circumstance.

TheCable previously reported that Onnoghen’s retirement benefits in cash and kind will cost tax payers about  N2.5 billion.

As part of the package for a retired chief justice, a house will be built for him in Abuja with a nine-digit sum for furnishing — in addition to a severance gratuity that is 300% of his annual basic salary of N3,363,972.50, as well as pension for life.

Just like state governors, a retired chief justice is entitled to a number of domestic staff and sundry allowances for personal upkeep.

This package for judicial officers was put together by the NJC long before Onnoghen became the CJN in 2017. However, if he is dismissed, he will not be entitled to any benefits.

Onnoghen chose the option of resignation as a measure of damage control, his associates told TheCable. However, on Wednesday It was reported by TheCable that the NJC had recommended the embattled CJN for compulsory retirement after deliberating on a petition by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which alleges “financial impropriety, infidelity to the constitution and other economic and financial crimes related laws”.

Onnoghen, who denied all allegations, is also undergoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over charges of false asset declaration.

Onnoghen has closed his defence at the CCT and the tribunal is expected to give its judgment at the next sitting on April 15.

But for the crisis, Onnoghen, who is 68, was due for retirement in 2020.

If the “soft landing” option is favoured by Buhari, the EFCC may not proceed with filing criminal charges while the case at the CCT could become academic because the major punishment for Onnoghen would have been his removal from office.

He could be banned from holding public office for 10 years, while his assets believed to have been acquired illegitimately will be confiscated.

Source: TheCable