ONNOGHEN JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, holden at Abuja in appeal No. CA/A/551/2015, delivered on 20 October 2015 in which the court dismissed the appeal of the appellant against the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal in charge No. CCT/ABJ/01/2015, delivered on 18 September 2015, in which the tribunal held that the criminal charge preferred against the appellant was competent, despite the absence of a sitting Attorney-General of the Federation and issued a bench warrant against the appellant for his failure to appear before the tribunal and answer/plea to the charges preferred against him. The facts of the case, as can be gathered from the record include the following: the appellant was a two-term Governor of Kwara State, between May 2003 and May 2011. While in the said office, the appellant filed as required by law, four asset declaration forms and submitted same to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
These forms were …