CCT Trial: Onnoghen kicks over conviction, seizure of funds in his accounts. UPDATE
…….heads to A-Court, says verdict in breach of natural justice, equity, good conscience By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on all the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him. The Mr. Danladi Umar-led three-man panel tribunal said it was satisfied that FG successfully proved its allegation that Onnoghen who had voluntarily resigned his position as CJN on April 4, acted in breach of the code of conduct for public officers in the country. It held that evidence of three witnesses that testified in the course of the trial, were not discredited by the defendant who was accused of failing to properly declare his assets, as well as operating five domiciliary foreign bank accounts. The CCT Chairman, Mr. Umar, who read the judgement, maintained that admission by the embattled former CJN that he forgot to declare the five...
