CCT: Why I’ve no case to answer — Onnoghen

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ABUJA — With the Federal Government closing its case in the on-going trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, where the prosecution failed to prove most of the allegation carried by the media against him, Onnoghen has opted to go for a no case submission.

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The Suspended Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen consulting with his Lead Counsel during the continuation of the hearing of his case by the Code of Conduct Tribunal at Jabi, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 11/03/2019

He is currently facing a six-count charge FG preferred against him before the CCT.
He had during trial raise the alarm that his assets declaration form before the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, was tamper with.

The embattled CJN, who was suspended from office by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 25, was removed shortly after he fixed date to inaugurate judges that will hear petitions arising from the 2019 general election.

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Source: Vanguard Newspaper