The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for allegedly failing to declare all his assets has been suspended indefinitely. Saraki was supposed to be at the Tribunal on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, but the main witness for the prosecution, Michael Wektas, was not at the court for cross…
Embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has withdrawn his application filed before an Appeal Court seeking to halt his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki’s lead counsel, Kanu Agabi, disclosed on Monday that his client now wants an accelerated hearing on the ongoing trial. He said, “When…
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has ordered the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before it on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 2pm. The directive was given to the tribunal judge on Monday shortly after he announced that the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again lost his bid to stop his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Saraki ran to the Federal High Court in Abuja to his trial at the tribunal citing an infringement on his fundamental human rights. But at the hearing on Friday, April 15, 2016, Justice Abdulkadir…