Nigeria, April 18 -- The trial of the retired Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is expected to end in a few hours.

Mr Onnoghen, who became Nigeria's 17th Chief Justice in March 2017, was brought before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on January 14.

He was arraigned by the Code of Conduct Bureau, following a petition brought against him by a group, the Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative, headed by a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Denis Aghanya.

Mr Onnoghen was charged on six counts, for allegedly failing to declare some of his accounts in the asset declaration form submitted to the CCB in December, 2016.

According to the charge, Mr Onnoghen also failed to declare ...