Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed, have reportedly responded to the queries served on them by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
The NJC had, at its meeting, on Tuesday, January 29, directed Justice Onnoghen to respond to a petition by Zikhrillahi Ibrahim of the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civil Education, while Justice Mohammed was directed to respond to two petitions by the Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative, and Olisa Agbakoba (SAN).
The petition against CJN Onnoghen was believed to border on alleged non-declaration of assets, which was the case brought against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja after an earlier petition by Dennis Aghanya of the Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative (ARDI).
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The acting CJN is facing allegations by Agbakoba of presenting himself to be sworn-in as acting CJN without the recommendation of the NJC.
The replies, which were said to have been made since, on Tuesday, February 5, has not been made public.
The NJC will reconvene to consider the responses of the two justices on Monday, February 11.
A staff, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, reportedly said a panel of about five members may have already been constituted to review the replies for presentation to the meeting of the whole house.
“If the NJC is not satisfied with their responses, they may set up another panel. It would not be more than two days. But I envisage a situation where the NJC would act swiftly because of the situation,” the source said.