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CCT postpones Saraki’s day in the dock by 24hrs
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has shifted by 24 hours the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki on 13-count corruption charges bordering on false declaration of his assets, when he served as governor of Kwara State.
The trial will now hold on March 11, against the earlier scheduled date of March 10, 2016.
The Supreme Court had on February 5, okayed Saraki for trial over allegation that he falsely declared his assets.
The shift in date according to a statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations at the CCT, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan, was necessitated by Saraki’s new counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN.
The Justice Danladi Umar led tribunal which initially gave FG the nod to open its case against Saraki on March 10, deferred the proceeding by a day following the letter from Chief Agabi.
Al-Hassan stated that Agabi had in a letter dated February 26, pleaded for an adjournment on the ground that he has other cases fixed for March 10.
Al-hassan quoted Agabi’s letter as stating: “I write as lead counsel to the above defendant to apply that the matter which is now scheduled to come up on the 10th day of March 2016, subject to the convenience of the Honourable Tribunal and learned counsel for the prosecution, be taken on the 11th day of March, 2016, due to my earlier and urgent commitments in other courts on the 10th.
“I will sincerely appreciate the indulgence of the Tribunal to accommodate me in this way’’.
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