Umar dismissed the application asking him to disqualify himself from the case.
“That motion as far as the tribunal is concerned is of no consequence; not worthy to be entertained and is hereby thrown away,” said Mr. Umar.
Mr. Raphael Oluyede, Saraki’s lawyer, brought to the attention of the court, a motion filed on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016, seeking the CCT boss to disqualify himself from participating in the trial based on bias.
The motion contended that the continued presence of Umar on the panel of Tribunal offended the provisions of Section 36(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which prescribes that “In the determination of his civil rights and obligations, including any question or determination by or against any government or authority, a person shall be entitled to a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court or other tribunal established by law and constituted in such manner as to secure its independence and impartiality”.
However, when Oluyede attempted to bring up the motion, Justice Umar repeatedly yelled at him to “Sit down.”
After Oluyede demanded to be heard, Umar, upset by the revelations, called for police officers to throw out the counsel to the Senate President. However, Oluyede sat down on arrival of the police officers and maintained that he would not be intimidated
However, prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, intervened and pleaded with Mr. Danladi to calm the situation. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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this is an abject persecution...can someone please tell me,is this democracy or CCTocracy? where is the rule of law and fair hearing? Where is the constitution that says "a man is innocent is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law"?
ReplyDeleted' co, please note that Saraki has enjoyed all the privileges of human right. Saraki is the causing problems for himself. Justice Danladi Umar has not encroached on Saraki's fundamental human rights. Pls tell Saraki to let this trial go on.
DeleteFool, can a lawyer actually asked a judge to disqualifies himself. olodo
Delete@ d'co, the constitution did not stipulate that lawyers or counsels to an accused should use all manner of trickery and schemes to frustrate, delay or deny trial
ReplyDeleteThank you.And court room is not a place anyone can put up any stupid act and expect it to stand.We all know how many times this Saraki lawyers has been trying stupid act/frivolous act just to stop Saraki's trial and if they are not stopped, they are not going to stop.Now Saraki has started defending him selfishly in the court some people like this one called d'Co still want the court to stop. What is Saraki hiding, if he is innocent let him prove it before the court, and let him stop hoping that the trial will stop.At this stage if the trial stop,Nigerians will not be happy and will lose faith in the judiciary.
Delete@ d'Co you don't know anything about court processes and you don't know what is rule of law,if you know tell us here what is rule of law and what is fair hearing.Stop making stupid comments based on sentiments, be truthful for yourself and for your nation.