Trial of Senate President; Bukola Saraki Faces Corruption Charges (Pictures)

Category: Nigerian National News

Senate President Bukola Saraki appears before the Code of Conduct Tribunal to face a 13- count charge of alleged corruption and false declaration of assets.

Earlier on Monday, CCT on renewed its order of arrest on Saraki by the Inspector-General of Police.

The tribunal’s Justice Danladi Umar again ordered the IG, Solomon Arase, to arrest and produce the Senate president at the tribunal on Tuesday (today) to take his plea in the 13-count charge slammed on him.

The CCT had earlier on Friday ordered Saraki’s arrest by the IG with a mandate to produce him on Monday (yesterday).

The lead counsel to Saraki and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), had on Friday given an undertaking to produce the Senate president in court on Monday.

However at the resumed trial on Monday, Daudu informed the CCT that the accused had filed an appeal before the appellate court to challenge the tribunal’s earlier ruling.

He prayed the tribunal to stay proceedings, pending the determination the appeal.

The prosecution counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), opposed the application, arguing that Section 305 and 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (2015), did not allow a stay of proceeding in any criminal matter any longer.

Jacobs further informed the CCT that because of the undertaking made by Daudu on Friday that he would produce Saraki in court, he (Jacobs) had advised the Federal Government not to execute the arrest as a mark of honour to the senior lawyer.

He said that he was surprised that despite the undertaking by Daudu, the accused person was still not in court.

Jacobs therefore prayed the tribunal to make an order that will produce the accused person in court.

Delivering his ruling on the absence of Saraki in court, Justice Umar said, “We have taken note of the observations made by counsel for the accused on the pending matter at the FHC, but it is worthy of note that the order of the FHC did not suspend the sitting of the tribunal.

“We also disagree on the argument of the accused that applicability of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act did not affect this tribunal; this tribunal is duty bound to apply the new law because it affects the tribunal. This tribunal has to take a position that in the interest of justice, the position of the tribunal is that the accused must be compelled to appear before this tribunal tomorrow (today).

“In this wise, we re-affirm that the bench warrant of last Friday must be executed for the Inspector-General of Police or other security agencies to arrest and produce the accused before this tribunal tomorrow (today) by 10:00 am.”

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