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Breaking: Nigerian government demands Onnoghen’s resignation
The Nigerian government prosecutor, Aliu Umar in the ongoing trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday, January 22, said that the government wants the judge out of office.
Umar, in his opening address at the resumed hearing in the matter, said Onnoghen had been written, and wondered whether he had received it or not.
Onnoghen was not present when the tribunal opened at 10:21 a.m.
Today’s hearing is the second since the matter first opened on January 14.
The Buhari administration accuses the CJN of failing to declare bank accounts despite being a Supreme Court judge since 2005, an offence that contracts the Code of Conduct Act and could see draw penalties if established.
Wole Olanipekun, a senior lawyer leading a team of over 50 defence counsels for Mr Onnoghen, said the judge was absent because of the cases that were instituted against the tribunal’s proceeding.
A federal high court ruled last week that Mr Onnoghen’s tribal be suspended, but government supporters have argued that the ruling was an anomaly because the tribunal has parallel powers as federal high courts.
They argued that only the Court of Appeal could issue rulings that would be binding on the tribunal.
The Court of Appeal fixed January 24 for hearing on the matter.
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