The Code Of Conduct Tribunal(CCT)has postponed its final judgment against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen from 9am to 12 noon.
The CCT had on Thursday announced that it will rule on the case at about 9 am on Thursday.
Two of the suspended CJN’s lawyers and his aides were seated in the courtroom when a court official announced the postponement at about 9 am.
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The three-member panel, led by Danladi Umar, fixed Thursday for judgment after the prosecution led by Aliyu Umar, and the defence, led by Okon Efut, adopted their final addresses.
The tribunal chairman said the verdict would be delivered along with two pending rulings on Onnoghen’s applications.
One such application is the challenge of the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the case.
The other application is asking the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from further presiding over the case for being allegedly bias.
Onnoghen is arraigned at the CCT following his failing to declare his assets from June 2005, after he became a Justice of the Supreme Court till December 2016.
