The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen will be arraigned today at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegation of non-declaration of asset.
A three-man panel led by Justice Danladi Y. Umar will take charge of proceedings at the tribunal today, the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit of the CCT, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, told Daily Trust yesterday. He said the arraignment is proper and that service of summons has been served to the CJN.
The Federal Government had in a six-count charge filed at the CCT on January 11 accused Onnoghen of failure to declare his assets between June, 2005 and December, 2016 contrary to provisions of section 15(1) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act Cap C15 LFN 2004 and punishable under section 23(2) a, b, and c of the same Act. In the charge, the CJN was alleged to have failed to declare a domiciliary (US Dollar) account No. 870001062650 maintained with Standard Chartered Bank (Nig.) Ltd. Wuse 2, Abuja which is being operated since 2011.
The CJN was also accused of not declaring a domiciliary (Pound Sterling) account No.285001062679 maintained with the same Standard Chartered Bank (Big). The six-count charge was signed by Musa Ibrahim Usman (Esq) and Fatima Danjuma Ali (Esq) on behalf of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
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