The Court of Appeal in Abuja today January 24th, barred the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from proceeding with hearing the false assets
declaration charges filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter
Onnoghen by the Federal government.
A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice
Abdul Aboki, ordered the Danladi Umar-led tribunal to temporarily
hands-off the matter till January 30th, a date it fixed to deliver
ruling on an appeal Mr Onnoghen lodged before it.
Justice Onnoghen was dragged to the tribunal by the Federal
government for non-declaration of his assets since he assumed office in
March 2017.