Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN has
explained why the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, failed to appear before the
Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on Monday.
Olanipekun led 46 Senior
Advocates of Nigeria and 43 other lawyers to the CCT on Monday in defence of
the CJN.
He told the tribunal that the CJN
had filed a motion dated January 14, challenging the jurisdiction of the
tribunal to try him.
We earlier reported
that the Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen failed to appear before the tribunal on
Monday.
“We are not just challenging
jurisdiction, we are even challenging the jurisdiction of this tribunal to even
sniff that charge”, Olanipekun submitted
The charge that was filed by the
Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, had accused the CJN of operating foreign bank
accounts aside allegation that he failed to declare his assets.
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