CJN Justice Walter Onnoghen
CJN Justice Walter Onnoghen
CCT Sacks Onnoghen As CJN, Bans him from Public Office
10 Years
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has found Walter Onnoghen,
who recently resigned as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), guilty of
false declaration of assets in breach of the provisions of the Code
of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for public officials.
Delivering its judgement, the three-man panel chaired by Danladi
Umar said the prosecution proved Onnoghen’s guilt beyond reasonable
doubt.
Therefore, it convicted him and removed him from office as Chief
Justice of Nigeria, as Chairman of the National Judicial Council
(NJC), and as Chairman of the Federal Judicial Service Commission
(FJSC).
Reading the judgment, Umar said, “The defendant is hereby
removed from office as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Chairman
of the National Judicial Council and the Chairman of the Federal
Judicial Service Commission.
“The defendant is hereby banned from holding public office for
10 years.
“The money in the five accounts which the defendant has failed
to declare and disclose its source is hereby confiscated, seized
and forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria as the money was
acquired illegally and the defendant has failed to adduce any
evidence how he acquired the money.”
The money to be forfeited are in Onnoghen’s five bank
domiciliary accounts that were not declared to the Nigerian
Government.
By PRNigeria