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A’Court reserves judgment in Saraki’s case against his CCT trial
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday reserved judgement in an appeal by Senate President Bukola Saraki against his Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial.
Justice Abdul Aboki, who led a five-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, had after listening to arguments from Saraki’s lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN) and counsel to the Federal Government, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), sanctioned judgement on the appeal marked CA/A/172c/2016.
The embattled President of the Senate had appealed to the appellate court to question the legal correctness of the 16-count criminal charge the Federal Government charged him of before the CCT.
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Saraki is challenging the jurisdiction of the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal to try him on the basis of a charge which according to him was incompetent and legally unreliable.
Saraki is being tried by the CCT on charges bordering on his alleged false/anticipatory declaration of assets, money laundering, operation of foreign accounts during his reign as the governor of Kwara State and allegation that four years after his tenure expired, he was still collecting salaries.
Umar had on Wednesday October 5, said he would not withdraw from presiding over the alleged corruption case at the CCT, after Saraki had accused him of being biased and demanded that he recuse himself from the case.
By Ebere Ndukwu …
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