News reaching us now confirms that the Nigerian Senate have finally bowed to pressure and has suspended debate on the amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The lawmakers took the decision on Wednesday after a closed door session, which lasted about two hours. Deputy Senate President,…
The Senate says contrary to what many think, the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act cannot affect the ongoing trial of the its President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was kept waiting on Tuesday afternoon at the resumption of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Aproko247 gathered that Chairman of the CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, resumed late today, after he gave Saraki’s team two hours, from 10am to 12noon, to verify documents with banks. However, when…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some youths loyal to the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday morning, stormed venue of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, to show support to him. The Senate President appeared before the tribunal on Monday for the resumption of his trial by Justice Umar Danladi. It was…
Trial of the former Niger Delta Minister, Godsday Orubebe, has begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The first prosecuting witness, one Samuel Madujemu, who is an investigator in the Asset Tracing Department of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, started his testimony against the former Minister. Madujemu claimed Orubebe was issued asset declaration…
The trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has been postponed to Monday, April 18, 2016. Chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, was forced to adjourn sitting at the resumption of the trial on Wednesday due to power failure. There was a blackout on Wednesday while the proceedings…
Trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of asset will commence today, Friday, March 11, 2016. The trial was initially fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2016, but Saraki’s new lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) wrote the tribunal for a change of date for a…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been accused of giving bribes to reporters who cover the judiciary ahead of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, which begins on Friday, March 11, 2016. A popular online platform, SaharaReporters, said the Senate President gave out the sum of N50,000 each to journalists through one of…
Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal has ruled that the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase must produce Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Tribunal on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 to answer allegations levelled against him. The Judge ruled after resuming from a short adjournment on Monday, September 21, 2015 that…