{"id":17573,"date":"2019-11-04T14:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:39:41","slug":"supreme-court-strikes-out-ex-cjn-onnoghens-referral-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-strikes-out-ex-cjn-onnoghens-referral-appeal","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court strikes out ex- CJN Onnoghen\u2019s referral appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Samuel_Nkanu_Onnoghen\">Onnoghen<\/a> as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel Nwawka was struck out by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who led five justices after the appellant failed to appear and was not legally represented.<br \/>\nNwawka had approached the Apex Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to determine Constitutional questions relating to the ways and manners the Federal Government caused the removal of Onnoghen as CJN through an ex-parte application at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Feb. 23, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The appellant prayed the apex court to determine whether the action of the first to six respondents in applying for and ordering the removal of Onnoghen before his appearance at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is whether or not constitutional, arbitrary, outrageous and a flagrant violation of Onnoghen\u2019s Rights to the presumption of innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents in the appeal are Federal Government, Abubakar Malami, Justice Tanko Muhammad, Dr Mohammed Isah (CCB Chairman), Danladi Umar (CCT Chairman), Honourable Julie Anabor (CCT member), National Judicial Council, Head of Service of the Federation and the Senate as 1st to 9th respondents respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. 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