Senate Confirmation: Justice Onnoghen is New CJN Nipari

The Senate Wednesday cleared Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

Justice Onnoghen, who had been acting as CJN since November 10, 2016, was cleared after intensive screening which lasted for an hour and 10 minutes in the Senate.

With his confirmation, he emerged the first southerner to become CJN in 30 years after Justice Ayo Irikife.

Answering questions from the senators on the rampant cases of corruption in the judiciary, the new CJN who admitted that the Nigerian judiciary was a product of a corrupt society, said he would preside over a judiciary that is strong-willed and of unquestionable integrity.

Says judiciary under his watch will be of unquestionable integrity