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Tribunal grants Saraki bail, adjourns
After a dramatic sequence of events, the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal was adjourned to October 21, while he was granted bail on self-recognition.
Saraki who had pleaded not guilty to all 13-count charges proffered against him, had tried to explain a point in law from the dock, but was prevented from doing so.
Read also: Saraki shows up at Tribunal, live coverage banned
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September 22, 2015 at 2:41 pm
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Ifenkili
September 22, 2015 at 6:45 pm
please i want to ask. is declaring of assets by force? is it an obligation in the constitution? i think this is a case of Ananias and Sapphira in the bible, who sold their lands and lied about the proceeds.
Don Lucassi
September 23, 2015 at 1:10 pm
i think the real problem is selectively leaving some out of the assets you declared as “all your assets”.