The Code of Conduct Tribunal will on Thursday (today), deliver
judgment on the charges of false declaration of assets filed
against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter
Onnoghen.
The CCT will also rule on two applications filed by the CJN who
tendered his resignation two weeks ago.
One of the applications is challenging the jurisdiction of the
tribunal to hear the case.
The other application is asking the CCT chairman to disqualify
himself from further presiding over the case for his alleged
bias.
On Monday, the three-member panel, led by Danladi Umar, fixed
the date for judgment after the prosecution led by Aliyu Umar
(SAN), and the defence, led by Okon Efut, adopted their final
addresses.
The Federal Government had preferred six charges against
Onnoghen in June for failing to declare some of his assets.
The government asked the CCT to convict and impose maximum
punishment on the suspended CJN, contending that it successfully
established that Justice Onnoghen acted in breach of the code of
conduct for public officers in the country.
The prosecution had in the charge, marked CCT/ABJ/01/19, alleged
that Onnoghen’s failure to properly declare his assets, was in
violation of Section 15(2) of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal
Act.
It further alleged that Onnoghen, who was suspended from office
by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 25, operated five foreign
bank accounts, contrary to the code of conduct for public
officers.
However, in opposition to his trial, Justice Onnoghen, queried
the validity of the charge against him, contending that the
government violated established judicial precedents by not allowing
the National Judicial Council to first investigate the allegation
against him, before it rushed the matter to the CCT.
He argued that failure to channel the petition against him, as
well as the outcome of the investigation that was purportedly
conducted on assets declaration forms he submitted to the Code of
Conduct Bureau to the NJC, rendered the charge invalid.
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