NJC To Begin Onnoghen Case This Week

Investigative panel of the National Judicial Council (NJC), will begin the case of alleged misconduct against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and the Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, this week.

The hearing on Muhammad’s case will be conducted by a five-man panel,  led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice S.A Akande, on Tuesday.

The NJC on February 13, 2019 reviewed the pre-assessment report on the petitions written against the two men and considered the complaints worthy of being investigated.

One of the petitions was reportedly written by the Executive Director of a civil society group, the Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative Mr Dennis Aghanya.

The allegations in the petition sent to the NJC were said to be the same as the one sent to the Code of Conduct Bureau, which consist of six counts, accusing the suspended CJN of failure to declare some bank accounts with huge funds in foreign currencies as part of his assets.

The other petition sent to the NJC was said to be by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission accusing Onnoghen of having suspicious lodgements of huge funds in his bank accounts.

Agbakoba, who wrote the petition against Justice Muhammad, confirmed that he had received a notice for the Tuesday hearing on the Acting CJN’s case.

“I will appear before the panel on Tuesday,” He said.

FROM  aledeh.com/