Nigeria, June 10 -- The National Judicial Council (NJC) has expressed satisfaction with President Muhammadu Buhari's acceptance of the voluntary retirement of ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.

PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday reported Mr Buhari's acceptance of Mr Onnoghen's retirement two months after the former chief justice wrote to the president.

Before his retirement, Mr Onnoghen was being tried by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged false assets declaration.

Mr Onnoghen wrote a retirement letter in April after he was asked to do so by the NJC which probed a complaint that he abused his office by not properly declaring his assets.

Before then, he had been controversially suspended from office by President Muhammadu B...