The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed July 6 to deliver judgment on the appeal filed by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, in respect to the false asset declaration charges preferred against him. The court will also deliver judgment on the cross appeal filed by the federal government with regard to the charges. Justice […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, will today (Tuesday) be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, an agency of the Nigerian Government. Saraki is facing an abridged three-count charge which derived from the original 18-count charge preferred against him for false assets declaration. In a Facebook post confirming his arraignment, Saraki said […]
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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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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 […]
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