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Latest: Onnoghen Rejects CCT Judgement, Heads To Appeal Court Sanitize Online Media Space, Ondo First Lady Urges Journalists 2 Feared Dead, Buildings, Cars Destroyed As Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ibadan N30,000 Minimum Wage Takes Effect Immediately – Presidency Court Sacks Buhari’s Ex-Aide As Reps Member-Elect METRO Onnoghen Rejects CCT Judgement, Heads To Appeal Court April 19, 2019 CCT, News Alert, Onnoghen's trial Walter Onnoghen, the suspended chief justice of Nigeria, has rejected the judgement of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Danladi Umar, CCT chairman, had pronounced Onnoghen guilty of the six counts preferred against him by the federal government. Umar, therefore, ordered that Onnoghen be removed from office of CJN and banned from holding public office for 10 years. The tribunal also ordered the forfeiture of the money in the five accounts which the defendant failed to declare as part of his assets But Onnoghen has filed a notice of appeal at the appellate court in Abuja to challenge the ruling of the tribunal. The federal government was listed as the only respondent. “Take notice that the appellant herein, Justice Onnoghen Nkanu Walter Samuel being dissatisfied with the rulings/judgement of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Coram Danladi Umar (Chairman), William Atedze (Member I) and Julie A Anakor (Member II) delivered on the 18th of April, 2019, wherein it ruled on the application challenging its jurisdiction and to recuse itself from the proceedings as well the judgement on the substantive matter against the appellant, do hereby appeal upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 hereof and will at the hearing of the appeal, seek the reliefs and orders set out in paragraph 4,” the appeal read in part.