Some Nigerian lawyers have reacted to the conviction of the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria , Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
“It was the CCT Chairman who said that he is not subject to the disciplinary control of the NJC and the Federal Judicial Service Commission. He said that he is only answerable to the presidency. “I align myself with the proposition that Section 158 of the Constitution guarantees the independence of the CCT and other bodies listed therein.
“With the above declaration, it became pretty obvious that the former Chief Justice of Nigeria was not given a fair trial. Indeed it was no fair-hearing when the tribunal chairman accused the defence team of preventing the defendant from facing his ‘punishment’ at a time the CJN was yet to open whatever defence he may have to the charge upon which he was being tried.
“But when one recalls that the same Court of Appeal is yet to deliver judgment in the earlier appeals filed and argued by Justice Onnoghen almost two months now, there is room for one to worry for the fate of the appeal which Justice Onnoghen has now filed against his conviction.
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