The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Federal Government’s plan to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The Federal Government through the Code of Conduct Bureau filed six counts of non-declaration of assets against the CJN on Friday.

He was due for arraignment before the CCT on Monday but he was absent from court.



But ruling on two separate ex parte applications on Monday, Justice N.E Maha, ordered parties to maintain status quo till January 17.

He ruled in the two different suits that the defendants should be served with all the papers filed and they should appear in court at the next hearing.

One of the two suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/27/2019 was filed by incorporated ‎trustees of the Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative.

Those joined as defendants in the suit, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, the Chairman of CCT, Danladi Umar; the National Judicial Council, the Inspector-General of Police, ‎Mr. Ibrahim Idris, and the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

‎The other suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/28/2019 was filed by the incorporated ‎trustees of the International Association of Students Economists and Management.

The suit has as the defendants, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Malami; the CCT, the CCB, the Chairman of CCT, Umar; and the Inspector-General of Police, ‎Idris.

While the ex parte application in the suit FHC/ABJ/CS/27/2019 was moved by Mr. R.A Lawal-Rabana (SAN), before Justice Maha on Monday, the ex parte application filed in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/28/2019 ‎was moved by Mr. Jeph Njikonye.

The applications were being filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja while the CCT proceedings where Onnoghen was being expected to be arraigned was ongoing.

‎Justice Onnoghen was however absent at the CCT proceedings forcing the tribunal to adjourn till January 22.

But Justice Maha ruled at the Federal High Court on Monday that no steps should be taken in respect of the trial until January 17 when all parties to the two suits should return to court for the hearing of the plaintiffs’ motion on notice.

‎The hearing took place shortly after the CCT proceedings ended on Monday.

https://thenigerialawyer.com/updated-cct-versus-cjn-fhc-restrains-cct-from-trying-cjn/

Buhari will not know what hit him after 16th February. That Impostor in Osun Government House should prepare his handover note already.

game end for the Fg

Bad news for jimoh. moshood, Thank God for this if Not Police would have told us that they have a 14 days warrant to keep the CJN

"Laws become fragile under the influence of dictators."-Wayne Gerard Trotman

"..Falana.................described the move against Justice Onnoghen as a “prosecutorial misadventure.."

https://all-gists..com/2019/01/buhari-should-withdraw-charge-against-justice-onnoghen-femi-falana.html
The dangerous precedence this CJN case could have set must be terminated.In 2016, the Lawal Daura-led DSS illegally carried out a violating raid against revered judges but receive just a mere caution from the tyrannt on seat today.

Emboldened, they have now gone for the highest arbiter of law in the land.Meanwhile the lawless & morally corrupt AGF as well as many of the indicted persons in the coven of criminal saints have never ever been charged or docked despite the many criminal & legal infractment they have committed because they belongs to the right side of the political divide.

The NJC, NBA, Counsel of Legal Education, Body of Benchers, lawyers, all men of good conscience must rise up to fight this tyranny.This is not 1983-85 era.

The arraignment is nothing more than a vigorous exercise in futility.

BERNIMOORE:
Bad news for jimoh. moshood, Thank God for this if Not Police would have told us that they have a 14 days warrant to keep the CJN

Omo Naijiria daaada looore

Bad news for BMC today walahi

The entire joke is on the short fake pastor osunbade. Can't he advise buhari jubril Al sudani properly?

We're watching

CCT is not trying him for professional negligence but for criminal acts.
Gone are the days of cabals. If you do the crime do the time.
This is the big change we voted for.
CJN Salary/Annum = N9,012,000 CJN savings in Foreign Accounts alone = N250,500,000. Does he trade in Judgements?

For the wailing wailers, If the opposition had been the one to level this allegations against the CJN and Buhari failed to do anything, you guys would still cite his failure to act this close to elections, because the CJN is an ally he wants to use at Tribunals..
Wailers will ALWAYS wail, it's in their DNA....
Enemies of Progress................N.B

Buhari must go. Carry your NEXT LEVEL change to your cows in daura.

Deaf men don't Listen!

According to Rotimi Amaechi.

That's a nice judgement

Zooo

Good job

Nothing would happen to the CJN.

They played a gambit that failed before they even played it.


Muhammadu Buhari is bleeped.
This buhari worst past the buhari that was kicked out in 1985.

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CCT is not trying him for professional negligence but for criminal acts.
Gone are the days of cabals. If you do the crime do the time.
This is the big change we voted for.
CJN Salary/Annum = N9,012,000 CJN savings in Foreign Accounts alone = N250,500,000. Does he trade in Judgements?

For the wailing wailers, If the opposition had been the one to level this allegations against the CJN and Buhari failed to do anything, you guys would still cite his failure to act this close to elections, because the CJN is an ally he wants to use at Tribunals..
Wailers will ALWAYS wail, it's in their DNA.....N.B

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Abeg shut up.
Clever zombies are running away from this thread for a reason. Shut up ja re

The big question is


Will this FG obey a simple court order?

Justice Maha...nice one! I hope the judiciary will wake up to its full responsibilities one of which is to rid our democracy of wilful tyrants and those who deliberately disregard the rule of law/judgments of courts! But why January 17th? It should have been like March or April!

Buhari is a looser and so shall he loose coming election Insha Allah.

Buhari is lucky.. too many northern illiterates to vote for him

Rule of Law and Democracy is fighting back

very good move

check my dp

They are coming

post=74754934:
CCT is not trying him for professional negligence but for criminal acts.
Gone are the days of cabals. If you do the crime do the time.
This is the big change we voted for.
CJN Salary/Annum = N9,012,000 CJN savings in Foreign Accounts alone = N250,500,000. Does he trade in Judgements?

For the wailing wailers, If the opposition had been the one to level this allegations against the CJN and Buhari failed to do anything, you guys would still cite his failure to act this close to elections, because the CJN is an ally he wants to use at Tribunals..
Wailers will ALWAYS wail, it's in their DNA.....N.B

There is no sense in what u just wrote so.. Shut Up!!