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March 29, 2019
TheCode of Conduct Tribunal, CCT has dismissed the no case submission filed by thesuspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, in the ongoingtrial over alleged false assets declaration.
Chairmanof the CCT, Danladi Umar, held that Justice Onnoghen must enter his defence onMonday, April 1.
Earlier,Onnoghen accused the Code of Conduct Bureau of not following set StandardOperation Procedures in instituting the case against him.
Onnoghen,through his Counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, also said that it was illegal andunconstitutional for the prosecution not to comply with rules by investigatingthe allegation before filling the case.
Thesuspended CJN added that what the prosecution filed, were mainly hearsay devoidof the true position of the issue in the assets declaration
Hesaid the allegation on him was documentary hearsay which is not admissible andshould be expunged.
Onnoghenis arraigned at the CCT following a charge against him brought by the Code ofConduct Bureau in January.