Walter Onnoghen, embattled former chief justice of Nigeria, has filed “notice of appeal” at the Court of Appeal in Abuja over of the judgement Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) against him on Thursday.
In the notice, Onnoghen listed reasons why the CCT judgement shouldn’t stand.
“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,” part of the notice reads.
