Onnoghen Absent From CCT Over Toothache, High Blood Pressure.
Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:26:pm National
2.1K By Afam Jude Offor
To Observe Three Days Bed Rest
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was
absent from the Tuesday's proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal,
where he has been charged with six counts of non-declaration of assets. Explaining
his absence to the three-man Bench of the CCT, his lawyer, Chief
Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), said the suspended CJN developed a toothache
which needed to be treated urgently. To justify the defendant's
absence, Awomolo produced a medical report obtained by Onnoghen from the
hospital where he was said to be receiving treatment. The prosecuting
counsel, Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN), acknowledged that he had been given a
photocopy of the medical report. He
noted that he would have expressed "an observation" about the medical
report but for the comment of the doctor who signed it, stating that
Justice Onnoghen had a high blood pressure of 410/121. He also noted
that the doctor also stated in the letter that the defendant needed to
observe bed rest. The tribunal, led by its chairman, Danladi Umar, had
ruled on Monday that hearing in the case would hold daily. It
also deferred rulings on two separate applications filed by Onnoghen to
challenge the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the charges against
him till when final judgment would be delivered in the case. However,
following the concession by the prosecution and the recommendation in
the medical report that the defendant needs a bed rest for 72 hours, the
tribunal adjourned the case till March 18.
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