The National Judicial Council Wednesday said in Abuja that it had determined the petitions alleging misconduct against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the acting Chief Justice, Justice Tanko Muhammad, adding that it had sent its findings to President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Council decided that the allegations relating to assets declaration that were levelled against Justice Onnoghen were subjudice and therefore abstained from considering them. The directive was part of decision the body made at its emergency meeting in Abuja held on January 29, 2019 to look into the issue of the suspension of Onnoghen.
While both Onnoghen and Muhammad were not in attendance as they recused themselves from the meeting, a former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi, was elected to preside as interim chairman. The charge was preferred against him by the federal government following a petition to the Code of Conduct Bureau by Mr. Dennis Aghanyan of the Anticorruption and Research Database Initiative early January, this year.
Subsequently, he asked that the tribunal make available the proceedings of April 1, to enable them file their final written addresses in the matter.
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