by Azeez Adeniyi
Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court will be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on April 20, an official said on Wednesday.
Tribunal’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ibraheem Alhassan, said this in a statement in Abuja.
Alhassan said Ngwuta would appear before a two-man panel over alleged false asset declaration.
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Alhassan said that summons had already been served the judicial officer.
Ngwuta is one of the judges from whose residences, the Department of State Service (DSS) claimed it uncovered huge sums of money in various denominations.
The DSS raided the judges’ residences in October, 2016.
Ngwuta is currently standing trial before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on an amended 16-count charge bordering on money laundering.
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