Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed confidence that the appeal against the judgement of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which acquitted him of an 18-count charge of false asset declaration, will end in futility. On Tuesday, the federal government filed 11 grounds notice of appeal against the ruling at an appellate court in Abuja. But […]
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The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has described his almost two years long trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as a torturous one. Saraki in an official statement on his acquittal by the tribunal said that although he went through a crucible trial, he harboured no grudge for anyone despite the […]
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18-count charges of false assets declaration against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been dismissed by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). On May 4, the senate president told the tribunal that he would file a no-case submission, which implies that he is not opening a defence but asking the tribunal to discharge him of […]
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal will today, Wednesday, deliver judgment on the no-case submission filed by Bukola Saraki, Senate President, to challenge his trial bordering on false assets declaration and other related offenses. Saraki had contended that none of the exhibits tendered linked him to the offences he was being tried for. His lead defence […]
Continue ReadingThe National Assembly on Thursday removed and transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCB and CCT) to itself. At the conclusion of work on the Bill to amend the CCB and CCT, the Assembly successfully altered section 18 (2) to enable the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, has ruled that he will not withdraw from the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, noting that his withdrawal would mean the end of trial.Saraki had asked Umar to withdraw from his trial on the grounds that he was biased. The senate president, through […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe has been ordered by the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja to forfeit his landed property in the capital city to the Federal Government for his failure to declare the property as required by law while leaving office. The former minister was found guilty […]
Continue ReadingThe Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has fixed October 5 as a day it will make the verdict on a fresh motion seeking to suspend hearing on the 16-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.Recall that it was alleged that Saraki made false/anticipatory declaration of assets, operated foreign accounts while in […]
Continue ReadingThe Code of Conduct Tribunal said it did not adjourn Saraki’s indefinitely, and has therefore, fixed June 7 to June 9 for the continuation of the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Recall that Mr. Saraki is standing trial on a 16-count charge of alleged false asset declaration. The tribunal had on Wednesday, June […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Tuesday, said that they were under “serious” influence in the trial of Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He, however, pointed out that despite the “influence” the tribunal was able to deliver justice […]
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