There was a mild drama today at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as the the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen resumed his defense today.
The trial took another when a witness on the matter approached to court with a script.
Sahara Reporters reports that when Onnoghen opened his defence on allegations of fraudulent declaration of assets, the witness, Lawal Olanrewaju Busari, who introduce himself as the CJN’s official driver took the oath and entered the witness box.
However, shortly after the oath was admistered to Busari, the cross-examination, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) – who is also the defence lawyer – asked a series of questions on his relationship with Onnoghen.
Awomolo also inquired from Busari how he was sent to purchase and receive the forms on behalf of the defendant.
While, this went on, the prosecution counsel, asked Busari to hand over the paper in his hand to the Code of Conduct Tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar. It was later discovered that the paper contained written answers to questions of the defence counsel.
Following this, the court further admitted the script found on the witness as an exhibit.
The court also admitted the receipt for the purchase of the asset declaration form of the former CJN as evidence D2 and threw out the receipt of the acknowledgement of the declaration form.
The CCT chairman in his ruling said that the acknowledgement was not relevant to the matter.
Umar further adjourned the trial to Wednesday, April 3.
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