Following the clearance given the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, to carry on with the trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by the Supreme Court, the CCT has slated commencement of trial forMarch 10.
Saraki is standing a 13-count criminal charge bordering on his alleged false declaration of assets.
Recall that the Supreme Court panel headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohamed, had in a unanimous judgment, maintained that Saraki has a criminal case to answer, even as it upheld an earlier verdict of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which okayed the Senate President for prosecution before the CCT.
The CCT panel headed by Justice Danladi Umar, has issued and served hearing notices on all the parties.
The notices followed a letter that was written on behalf of the Federal Government by the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, which notified the tribunal of the judgment of the Supreme Court for the trial to proceed.
Saraki was in the charge before the CCT, marked ABT/01/15 and dated September 11, 2015, accused of breaching section 2 of the CCB and Tribunal Act, an offence punishable under section 23(2) of the Act and paragraph 9 of the said Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
