BREAKING! All Is Set, Tension Is Heightened As CCT Is Set To Deliver FINAL Judgment On Justice Onnoghen
BREAKING! All Is Set, Tension Is Heightened As CCT Is Set To Deliver FINAL Judgment On Justice Onnoghen
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has scheduled its judgment in the trial of
the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on a
six-count charge of non-declaration of assets for Thursday (April 18) .
Danladi Umar, the Tribunal Chairman, made this announcement on Monday after he listened to lawyers to the prosecution and the defence adopted their final written addresses.
Umar made it known that the court will also, on Thursday, deliver two rulings which were earlier reserved on two applications by the defendants’
The first will be challenging the tribunal’s jurisdiction and the other is asking the tribunal Chairman to recuse himself from the case.
The Danladi Umar-led three-man bench fixed the date for judgment after the prosecution led by Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN), and the defence led by Mr. Okon Efut (SAN), adopted their final addresses.
During the proceedings, the defence, in their final arguments, maintained that the prosecution failed to prove the six counts beyond reasonable doubt as required by law and urged the tribunal to dismiss the case.
Efut maintained that the statement made by Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct Bureau was not confessional as alleged by the prosecution.
He added that the charges, were incompetent and unconstitutional as they were based on the provisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act which were in conflict with the relevant provisions of the Constitution.
But the prosecution said the defence team was only attempting to redefine what constituted “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”.
He urged the tribunal to hold that the prosecution indeed proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and “return a guilty verdict”.
Adjourning till Thursday for judgment, the tribunal chairman, said the verdict would be delivered along with two pending rulings on Onnoghen’s applications, one challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the case and another one asking the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from further presiding over the case for being allegedly bias.
Onnoghen have been having a running case with the Federal Government for some time now and have been reported to have tendered in his resignation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
(The Nation)
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Danladi Umar, the Tribunal Chairman, made this announcement on Monday after he listened to lawyers to the prosecution and the defence adopted their final written addresses.
Umar made it known that the court will also, on Thursday, deliver two rulings which were earlier reserved on two applications by the defendants’
The first will be challenging the tribunal’s jurisdiction and the other is asking the tribunal Chairman to recuse himself from the case.
The Danladi Umar-led three-man bench fixed the date for judgment after the prosecution led by Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN), and the defence led by Mr. Okon Efut (SAN), adopted their final addresses.
During the proceedings, the defence, in their final arguments, maintained that the prosecution failed to prove the six counts beyond reasonable doubt as required by law and urged the tribunal to dismiss the case.
Efut maintained that the statement made by Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct Bureau was not confessional as alleged by the prosecution.
He added that the charges, were incompetent and unconstitutional as they were based on the provisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act which were in conflict with the relevant provisions of the Constitution.
But the prosecution said the defence team was only attempting to redefine what constituted “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”.
He urged the tribunal to hold that the prosecution indeed proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and “return a guilty verdict”.
Adjourning till Thursday for judgment, the tribunal chairman, said the verdict would be delivered along with two pending rulings on Onnoghen’s applications, one challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the case and another one asking the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from further presiding over the case for being allegedly bias.
Onnoghen have been having a running case with the Federal Government for some time now and have been reported to have tendered in his resignation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
(The Nation)
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