The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has debunked the rumor gaining traction online that he has resigned.
Onnoghen, whom President Muhammadu Buhari replaced with the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court , Justice Tanko Mohammed, as Acting CJN, debunked the rumor in a statement by his spokesperson.
The statement signed by his media aide, Awassam Bassey, described the suspended CJN ’s rumored resignation as “ fake news circulated by mischief makers .”
“ Mischief makers are still circulating this fake news. Once again, no truth in it whatsoever. The Hon CJN, Hon Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, has not resigned,” Bassey said.
The rumor is coming less than 24 hours to the emergency meeting summoned by the National Judicial Council to deliberate on Onnoghen’ s suspension and Muhammad ’ s emergence as Acting CJN.
