CHRICED warns Tinubu against interference in CCB’s probe of Abuja Chief Judge

The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, has expressed interest implicit emerging reports that governmental and organization actors are pressuring President Bola Tinubu to intervene successful the ongoing probe of Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federalf High Court, Abuja.

There are reports that the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, is presently probing allegations that Justice Tsoho failed to state definite assets arsenic required by law.

The aforesaid reports bespeak that influential figures wrong the governmental and judicial establishments are lobbying the Presidency to halt, delay, oregon dilute the investigation.

CHRICED said that these developments rise superior reddish flags astir the imaginable for undue interference successful a process that indispensable stay strictly governed by law, transparency, and owed process.

CHRICED reiterated that the independency of Nigeria’s anti corruption and accountability institutions is non negotiable.

“Any attempt—direct oregon indirect—to obstruct the lawful enactment of the Code of Conduct Bureau would undermine the regularisation of instrumentality and fur...