By Jennifer Y Omiloli
On Wednesday, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), ordered the arrest of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
The CCT asked the Inspector General of Police and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) to arrest and produce Onnoghen.
The Chairman of CCT, Danladi Umar, issued the bench warrant following the absence of Mr Onnoghen in court. He also added that Onnoghen must be available for arraignment on February 15.
Umar had earlier stated to the defence team during the last sitting that his tribunal would need Mr Onnoghen to be present at the next adjourned date, which is today.
This came about after Onnoghen’s counsel filed an application arguing that the CCT lacked the jurisdiction to try the chief justice.
According to Umar, any application against the jurisdiction of the court would only be entertained after the plea of the accused has been taken.
Mr Onnoghen is facing trial on six counts of alleged false assets declaration.
