False declaration of Assets Archives

Saraki’s Trial: Senate hijacks control of CCB, CCT from President

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016Ayo Olowo

The 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 […]

AGAIN! Saraki fails in his bid to stop CCT trial

October 5, 2016Ayo Olowo

The 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 […]

#PanamaPapers: Saraki’s Secret And Undeclared Family Assets Uncovered In Tax Havens

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016Ayo Olowo1 Comment

In 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 […]