SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal has fixed Friday to deliver judgement in the appeal filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Justice Onnoghen had filed various appeals concerning his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) where he was tried and convicted for false asset charges and is also challenging the legality of his trial at the CCT.
It is not clear which of the appeals will be decided on Friday, but some of the appeals before the appellate court include an appeal against the decision of the chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, who refused to recuse himself from the matter on allegation of bias by justice Onnoghen.
He is also challenging the order of the tribunal which instructed the President to suspend him from office which was relied on by the President.
