Mr Awal Yakassai, a retired director at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, on Thursday, testified as  the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.

Yakassai made this disclosure after he was shown copies of Justice Onnoghen’s asset declaration forms, which the Federal Government tendered in evidence before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Yakassai told the  Danladi Umar-led panel of the CCT that contrary to what was alleged in the media, the suspended CJN owned only five houses and not 55 houses claimed by CCB investigators.

Answering questions under cross-examination, Yakassai, told the tribunal that he served at the CCB for 29 years before he retired in April 2018.

He said the CCB was yet to verify Justice Onnoghen’s assets to establish if he made false declarations. He said: “My Lord, according to Exhibits 2 and 3, the defendant has only five buildings and not 55”.

FG had insisted that it was the CCB that okayed Onnoghen’s trial based on certain infractions that were discovered in his asset declaration forms.

Onnoghen is facing charges for failure to declare his assets and operating five foreign bank accounts, contrary to Section 15(2) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act.