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Undeclared assets: Onnoghen may forfeit huge sums, houses
Except the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, agrees to forfeit his allegedly undeclared assets, running into millions and many houses, the embattled jurist may jeopardise an ongoing deal, aimed at giving him a soft-landing, the Saturday Telegraph has gathered.
The plea bargain-like deal, which had been reported as part of a plan to carefully ease the CJN out of office had set tongues wagging over what becomes of the huge cash in the five accounts he allegedly did not declare.
Checks by Saturday Telegraph revealed that despite the ongoing political solutions, the Federal Government is insisting that Onnoghen forfeits all the cash in his undeclared accounts.
An informed source told Saturday Telegraph that the Federal Government is demanding that Onnoghen forfeits the cash in the undeclared accounts if the deal is to sail through.
New Telegraph, February 2, 2019
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