Supreme Court To Deliver Judgement On Onnoghen’s Suspension On May 17th

Supreme Court To Deliver Judgement On Onnoghen’s Suspension On May 17th

The  Supreme Court has fixed May 17th 2019 as the date it will
deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Cross River state government
seeking to set aside the six-count charge of non-assets declaration
preferred against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice
Walter Onnoghen by the federal government.

The suit filed by the Attorney General of Cross River State on behalf
of the state government, is challenging Onnoghen ’s suspension and
trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Onnoghen was suspended from
office by President Buhari in January this year after he was accused of
falsely declaring his assets since he assumed office in March 2017.
Onnoghen is an indigene of Cross Rivers state.

The suit filed by the Cross Rivers state government, was dated
January 22nd 2019, and marked SC/45/2019 has the Federal Republic of
Nigeria (FRN) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as
defendants.