Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe scheduled hearing of the three appeals filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal was stalled on Tuesday. The appeals which have to do with the six counts of non-declaration of assets instituted against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal could not be heard because the Court of Appeal was unable to form a quorum. Lawyers representing the suspended CJN and the respondent, the Federal Government, told our correspondent that the Court of Appeal could not sit on Tuesday because one of the three Justices constitutionally required to sit on such appeals was unavoidably absent. “No new date has been fixed for the hearing,” one of the lawyers said. Contact: [email protected]DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch February 12, 2019 23:15 UTC