Nigeria’s Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen has been convicted of falsely declaring his assets after failing to reveal the money he held in foreign bank accounts.
The tribunal said he would have to forfeit the money in the five accounts.
His suspension over the charges by President Muhammadu Buhari in January, weeks before the presidential election, caused a political storm.
Mr Buhari was accused of meddling with the judiciary in case the outcome of the election was challenged in court.
The tribunal did not say how much money was in the five foreign accounts.
Justice Onnoghen has also been banned from holding public office for 10 years.
He has not commented on the tribunal’s ruling.
Mr Onnoghen’s conviction is unprecedented as he was the first serving chief justice to be put on trial and found guilty, the BBC’s Chris Ewokor reports from Nigeria.
