Judgement in the trial of Walter Onnoghen, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), for a six-count charge of fraudulent declaration of assets will be given on Thursday, April 18, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has announced.
Danladi Umar, Chairman of the tribunal, made the announcement on Monday at the resumed hearing on the matter.
The Federal Government had on January 11, 2019 filed against Onnoghen six counts, bordering on failure to declare his assets between June 2005 and December 14, 2016.
The rest of the five counts bordered on allegation that the suspended CJN made false declaration of his assets on December 14, 2016 by allegedly omitting to declare his domiciliary dollar, euro and pound sterling accounts as well as his two naira accounts, all maintained with Standard Chartered Bank (Nig.) Limited.
Onnoghen had pleaded not guilty to the six counts.