Non Declaration Of Assets: Fed Govt, AGF Ask Supreme Court To Stay Off Onnoghen’s Case - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 22, 2019
The Federal Government and Attorney General of theFederation have
asked the Supreme Court to decline jurisdiction overa suit seeking its
intervention in the trial of suspended Chief Justiceof Nigeria Justice
Walter Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The FG and the AGF contended that Onnoghen’ trialwas personal to
him and could only involve the Supreme Court, wherean appeal arises
from the Court of Appeal on a decision reachedeither during or after the
trial at the CCT.
Their position is contained in a notice of objectionthey filed against a
suit instituted at the Supreme Court by Cross RiverState.
The state government, in their originating summons,queried the
propriety of Onnoghen’s trial before the CCT andurged the Supreme
Court to declare it illegal on the grounds that itwas only the National
Judicial Council that could exercise disciplinarypowers over a serving
judge.
In their objection, the FG and AGF listed asdefendants in the suit,
argued that the subject of the case did not qualifyas a dispute between
the Cross River State and the Federal Government, asenvisaged under
Section 232(1) of the Constitution.