ABUJA – An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the suspended chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, seeking a stay of execution on his on-going trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Court said the nature of the charges levelled against Onnoghen warrants that proceeding at the CCT continue, Channels TV reports.
Justice Onnoghen was last week suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, who also swore in Justice Tanko Muhammad as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Prompt News Online recalls that the National Judicial Council at its emergency meeting on Tuesday, gave Onnoghen and Acting CJN Muhammad seven days to respond to petitions filed against them.
A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umar Abdullahi, was appointed to chair the NJC in the interim.
