Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to immediately vacate office and will on Monday January 14, 2019 arraign the CJN before the Justice Danladi Yakubu Led-Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja on charges of failures to declare his assets as required by law and for operating Bank Domiciliary Foreign Currency Accounts.
The charge against Justice Onnoghen has already been filed and served on him last Friday at his official residence in Abuja preparatory for his appearance at the tribunal.
He is also being accused of maintaining Domiciliary foreign currencies account comprising of Dollar, Pound Sterling and Euro Account which are alleged to be contrary to relevant laws, especially for public office holders.
Justice Onnoghen, whose appointment suffered delay by President Muhammadu Buhari over undisclosed issues, may be the first CJN in Nigeria to be arraigned for criminal charges by the Federal Government