Tribunal rejects application to adjourn Saraki’s trial indefinitely
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, this morning, failed to persuade the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja to grant an indefinite adjournment on the 13-count criminal charge that is pending against him.
The Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal, while rejecting the application which Saraki made through his lawyer, Mr. Mahmud Magaji, SAN, ordered him to appear before it on November 5.
Justice Umar said the tribunal was minded to adjourn full-blown hearing on the substantive case till next month, to enable it to ascertain the outcome of the appeal that Saraki lodged before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal.
Meantime, Saraki, who stormed the court today with 34 Senators and 50 lawyers, initially declined to mount the dock, placing reliance on the fact that a higher court is already seized with the ‘Res’ of the case against him.
He was eventually compelled to enter the dock by the tribunal at exactly 10:59am, even as the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, urged the court to as a mark of respect for judicial hierarchy, defer further proceeding on the matter for two weeks. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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What does this clown need 50 lawyers for? Just trying to intimidate Justice Umar. And these 34 worthless Senators, who is paying for their time when they are absent from their place of work? Impunity still reigns supreme in Nigeria but thank God we still have people like Justic Umar who can stand up and say, hell no, enough is enough! Only in Nigeria can a well-known thief preside over the nation's senate.
ReplyDeleteThis is 100% politics. Why did they just wake up now to the fact that the declaration of assets he did 12 years ago was not complete?? One of the charges is even that one of the buildings declared as his asset was not his own!!! Spare me and wake up!
Delete50 lawyers for what? This is part of the corruption we are crying about. Can his salary afford 50 lawyers ? Sick individuals We the youths seriously need to up our game and kick these crooks out of office.
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