The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has shifted judgment on Justice Walter Onnoghen’s alleged non-assets declaration from 9am till noon on Thursday.
Onnoghen had arrived the premises of the tribunal at about 8.40am ahead of the judgment.
Only two of his lawyers and a handful of his aides were seated in the courtroom when a court official announced the postponement at about 9am.
No member of the prosecution team was in court when the postponement was announced
None of them arrived as of the time of filing this report at about 9.11am.
Onnoghen had yet to step out of his vehicle as of the time the postponement was announced, Punch reports.
His convoy left the premises as soon as the information about the new development reached him.
The Chairman of the CCT, Danladi Umar, after the prosecution and the defence made closing arguments on Monday, specifically fixed judgment for 9am on Thursday, a departure from the usual 10am sitting time of the tribunal.
Onnoghen reportedly resigned on April 4, he was charged with alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers before the CCT on January 11, 2019, as a sitting CJN.
Specifically, the Federal Government, acting through the Code of Conduct Bureau, had on January 11, filed against Onnoghen, six counts, accusing him in the first count of failure to declare his assets to the bureau between June 2005 and December 14, 2016.
