Abuja — The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has asked the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from his trial on the grounds of likelihood of bias.
The embattled CJN alleged that the chairman had constructively convicted him without hearing him or formally arraigning him before the tribunal.
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