Following the appeal court ruling, refusing to grant the interlocutory injunction sought by the embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen to squash his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, the Tribunal says it will resume hearing in the charges filed against him on February 4.
The Heads, Press & Public Relations at the CCT, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, disclosed this in a press release on Thursday. The release said the tribunal fixed the new date after receiving a letter from the CCB.
“The decision was reached today sequel to a correspondent from Code of Conduct Bureau, applying for the resumption of trial of the case captioned; Application for the resumption of trial of the case of FRN V. Hon. Justice Onnoghen Nkanu Walter Samuel case No: CCT/ABJ/01/19, addressed to Hon. Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, dated 30th January, 2019, jointly signed by Musa Ibrahim Usman (Esq) and Fatima Danjuma Ali (Esq).
“The request reads in part; ‘The above subject refers. This case came up for hearing of preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal on the 28th of January, 2019 but the Tribunal could not proceed due to the pendency of the case at the Court of Appeal.
“However, in the wake of this afternoon, 30th January, 2019 the Court of Appeal has thrown out the appeal.
“Consequently on the above, we urge the Honourable Tribunal to give us a date for resumption of the trial subject to the convenience of the Tribunal, Most obliged my Lord.”
