Tag: False Asset Declaration
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FG drags serving senator to CCT over alleged false asset declaration
The lawmaker representing Delta-North Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has been dragged to the Code of Conduct Tribunal by the Federal Government on a three count count charge of false declaration of assets. The charges were filed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice. The senator was recently referred to the…
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Alleged false asset arraignment: Onnoghen appeals CCT ruling dismissing no-case submission
Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has indicated his resolve to challenge a ruling by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, against his no-case-submission. In the motion on notice, regarding the proposed application, Onnoghen said the tribunal erred in law when it dismissed the submissions, despite the evidence brought by the defence team, suggesting…
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Alleged false asset declaration: CCT constitutes panel to try CJN Onnoghen
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has raised a panel to try Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen, who is accused of lying in his asset declaration. The tribunal on Saturday announced that corruption charges had been raised against Mr Onnoghen and the trial will commence on Monday. TNG gathered that the case is built on…
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[Exclusive] Alleged false asset declaration: Why attempts by FG to prosecute, remove CJN may fail
Facts have emerged on Saturday on why the federal government instructed the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to vacate office in preparation for the commencement of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday. Findings by TNG showed that the pending trial against the CJN before the Justice Danladi…
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Alleged false asset declaration: Atiku warns Buhari over planned removal, prosecution of CJN
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) not to throw Nigeria into an avoidable crisis over their desperation to sack the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen. In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Atiku’s Special…