Onnoghen
Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen has been found
guilty of violation of the code of conduct for public officers by the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). He was suspended in effect.
Danladi
Umar,CCT Chairman, in a judgment on Thursday, held that the
prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Onnoghen is guilty.
CCT
says it has jurisdiction to try Onnoghen who made false asset
declaration by deliberately omitting to declare the five domiciliary
accounts he maintained with Standard Chartered Bank, and in which
huge deposits were found.
The
tribunal after convicting him, ordered among others, his removal from
office, barred him from holding public office for the next 10 years
and confiscated the funds in the five accounts, which the tribunal
said should be forfeited to the Federal Government.
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