ONNOGHEN ARRIVES AT CCT FOR TRIAL - Pleads Not Guilty To Charges - Gets Bail On Self Recognition
Channel: TERRACE NEWS TV
Date: 2019-02-15

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge the Federal Government levelled against him.
Onnoghen mounted the dock at exactly 10:15am and persuaded the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar to vacate the arrest warrant that was issued against him on Wednesday.
Onnoghen had on four previous dates, declined to appear before the tribunal which he contended lacked the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the charge against him.
Consequently, the tribunal, ordered key security agencies in the country to arrest Onnoghen and produce him for trial.
The tribunal specifically directed the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Service, DSS, to execute the arrest warrant.
However, the order was not carried out as the suspended CJN, voluntarily appeared before the tribunal to enter his plea to the charge.
Shortly after his arraignment, Onnoghen’s lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, applied for his client to be granted bail on self recognizance.
The application was accordingly granted by the CCT Chairman.