Senate President Bukola Saraki has withdrawn an application to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) pending the hearing of his suit at the appeal court. The senate president is facing trial at the CCT for alleged false declaration of assets. On Monday at the appeal court, Kanu Agabi, Saraki’s lead counsel, […]
Continue ReadingIn a massive leak of documents that shows offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders, Nigeria’s Senate President’s family is found complicit, with no less than four assets belonging to his all tucked away in secret offshore territories. Though these properties existed, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare them […]
Continue ReadingThe trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is set to commence officially before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja after the Chairman of the CCT; Justice Danlami Umar struck out an application challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal. Saraki had through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi had filed a motion seeking to quash […]
Continue ReadingJustice Abdul Kafarati of the federal high court, Abuja, has withdrawn from a fundamental rights suit filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki to quash the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Kafarati explained that his integrity had been called into question […]
Continue ReadingThe trial of Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki for alleged false declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), was more of a show, as the senate president is being represented by 65 lawyers, among whom are seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The Senate president also arrived at 9:56am in company of […]
Continue ReadingThe date set for the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on 13 counts of alleged false assets declaration is March 11. In a judgement delivered on 5th of Feruary, Supreme Court, gave a nod for the trial to begin after dismissing the Senate President’s objection to […]
Continue ReadingFollowing 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 […]
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