A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice WALTER ONNOGHEN has appeared at the Court of Appeal in Abuja for the first time over the appeal he filed challenging his removal from office in 2019.

The former head of the Nigerian judiciary in the suit filed at the court of appeal since 2019 is praying the court of appeal to void and set aside the CCT judgment delivered against him.

In his appeal, Justice ONNOGHEN, through his lead counsel, ADEGBOYEGA AWOMOLO, is also asking the appellate court to quash his conviction primarily on the ground of want of jurisdiction, bias and absence of fair hearing.

The CCT in 2019 convicted Justice ONNOGHEN in all the 6-count charges of breach of code of conduct for public officers brought against him by the Federal Government while in office as head of the country’s judiciary.