Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has insisted that the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, must leave his post, describing him as shameless.
Mr el-Rufai said this on Friday in the presence of hundreds of supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Government House, Kaduna.
“In Kaduna state, we do not support injustice, in Kaduna state, we are 100 per cent, behind the integrity of our president.
“I can assure you that the message you have given to me will be delivered to the president today… The worst form of corruption you can find in any public servant is judicial corruption because when the president is corrupt or the governor is corrupt, it is to the judge that ordinary people can take their case to.
“When the judge himself is corrupt, it is the highest form of corruption and must never be condoned.
“Mr President did not remove Onnoghen from office. He said in honour of the judiciary, he should step aside so that the charges against him can be investigated and prosecuted. The president did the right thing by asking him to step aside pending investigation. It is what is done in every organised and civilised society.
“Unfortunately, some people in Nigeria are trying to make white black and black, white. They are using technicalities to delay bringing this man to justice.
“The man (Onnoghen) is shameless, he does not want to go, but it is time for Nigerians to come all out and tell him he must go. Our judiciary must be clean. Our judiciary must consist of judges who cannot be bought,” he said.
