Walter Onnoghen has been also banned from office for 10 years and the money in his five accounts confiscated
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), for false asset declaration.
Danladi Umar, CCT chairman, found him guilty of the six counts preferred against him by the federal government.
The CCT chairman ordered that Onnoghen be removed from office of CJN and banned from holding public office for 10 years.
He also ordered that the money in the five bank accounts of Onnoghen that he did not declare be confiscated.
The tribunal held that it is crystal clear that the money was acquired illegally since he has failed to prove how he got them.
CCT finds Justice Walter Onnoghen guilty of the contravention of the provision of code of conduct of public officers. He is threfore removed as the Chief justice of Nigeria and chairman of the NJC.
The chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, who is reading the lead judgment, has identified the following as the exhibits tendered by the prosecution against Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The petition written by the Executive Director, Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative, Mr. Dennis Aghanya
Forms CCB 1 submitted by Onmoghen to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Account opening package of Onnoghen’s five accounts with the Standard Chattered Bank. Statements of the five bank accounts.
Tribunal also held that all judges of courts of superior records are appointed by the President, and that does not mean that they are under the president.
The Nigeria Lawyer
