court of appeal orders senate president, bukola saraki to face trial

court of appeal orders senate president, bukola saraki to face trial

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed 15 out of the 18 counts of false assets declaration instituted against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The three-man Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson has upheld counts 4, 5, and 6 challenging the acquittal of Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki and has ordered him to return to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to face trial on the three counts bordering on corruption and failure to disclose assets.

Justice Akomolafe-Wilson, in the 70-page unanimous judgment, struck out 15 of the 18 charges brought by the government against the ruling of the tribunal on the grounds that they were incompetent.

The CCT had on June 14 this year upheld Saraki’s no-case submission and discharged and acquitted him. The Appeal Court, in its judgment, ordered that the case be remitted back to CCT for Saraki to enter his defence.