The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday refused an application for a stay of proceedings filed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, against the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The court said the charges filed against Onnoghen are criminal in nature and the proceedings before the CCT cannot be stopped.
Onnoghen is being tried by the Federal government on a six-count charge over failure to declare some of his bank accounts with the code of conduct Bureau.
He was suspended from office by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday and Justice Tanko Muhammad sworn in an acting capacity.
The embattled CJN is challenging his suspension by President Buhari on the orders of the CCT tribunal in court.
More to follow…