Onnoghen To ask the Chairman of the CCT to disqualify himself from allegations of corruption

Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, will test the ability of Danladi Umar, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, to head the preliminary ruling against him, as Umar also deals with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission's (EFCC) debasement charges. As stated in The Punch paper, the case is based on the charges charged by EFCC in the year 

A source that addressed the paper stated: "The CCT administrator has been acting in a way that proposes that we may not get a reasonable hearing. He is dealing with indictments by the EFCC, which implies his character and his capacity to convey equity is being referred to. 

"It is truly conceivable that he is notwithstanding being coerced by the individuals who need Onnoghen gone. Along these lines, what we need is for him to move to one side. We will make that application on Monday, in light of present circumstances." 

As indicated by the case, Umar was supposedly blamed for getting N10million from one Rasheed Taiwo, who was at the time confronting false resources statement charges before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. 

The CCT Chairman was additionally said to have gathered N1.8million of the N10million pay off whole through one of his own colleagues, Gambo Abdullahi. 

The two checks of misrepresentation repudiated Section 12(1) (an) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Act, 2003, as expressed in the charge sworn statement arranged on January 25 and stepped on February 2 at the Federal High Court, Abuja. 

Onnoghen will likewise depend on a letter composed by two different individuals from the CCT, Justice Robert Odu (retd.) and Justice Agwaza Atedze, dated April 4, 2014, that asked previous President Goodluck Jonathan to research the CCT director.