BREAKING: Go And Face Your Trial, Court Of Appeal Tells Onnoghen
The Court of Appeal has ordered the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen to face his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Onnoghen had filed an appeal at the court, seeking for stay of proceedings of his trial at the CCT.
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The appeal was filed by his lawyers: Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), Kanu Agabi (SAN) and James Onoja.
He based his appeal on the fact that he was not given a fair hearing by the CCT before the order to step aside was issued.
The appeal read in part, “The chairman and a member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal erred in law and violated the right of the appellant (Onnoghen) to a fair hearing when they made the order ex parte that he (Onnoghen) shall step aside as CJN and Chairman of the National Judicial Council over allegations of contravening provisions of the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act Cap C15 Laws of the Federation 2004 pending the determination of the motion on notice dated January 10, 2019.”
But the court, in its ruling today by Justice Abdul Aboki, dismissed the motion filed by Justice Onnoghen, stating that the appeal was brought in a vacuum without a proper backing of legal provisions on why it should have been granted.
