Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has refused an application for stay of proceedings filed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, against the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The appeal was filed before the Court of Appeal by his lawyers: Wole Olanipekun SAN, Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, Kanu Agabi SAN and James Onoja.
Recall that embattled Onnoghen was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari following an ex parte order issued by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
He based his appeal on the fact that he was not given a fair hearing by the CCT before the order to swear-in Justice Tanko Muhammad was issued. He also questioned the powers of the CCT to do so.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, had, however, on Tuesday filed a suit against the federal government over his suspension.