Supreme Court set to decide on Saraki’s CCT case on Friday, July 6
- The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) case involving Bukola Saraki, the Senate president, will on Friday, July 6, be decided by the Supreme Court in Abuja
- The case was dropped in 2017 on the grounds that there was no evidence to incriminate Saraki with regards to the alleged false asset declaration
- The case involves an 18-count charge instituted against the Senate president
The Supreme Court has resolved that it will on Friday, July 6, decide whether or not it will proceed with the trial of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, on charges of false assets declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
A panel comprising five persons in the court spearheaded by Justice Dattijo Muhammad scheduled Thursday, July 6 for judgment after parties to the case adopted their appeal briefs in April, 2018, Punch reports.
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The court is to decide on whether or not there is sufficient proof to necessitate the trial before the CCT to proceed. The Danladi Umar-led CCT had, in June 2017, suspended the trial following an application by the Senate president.
The CCT’s judgment was on the grounds that the prosecution, with its four witnesses and 49 exhibits tendered, could not provide evidence incriminating Saraki.
The 18-count charge bordered on Saraki’s alleged false assets declaration and other violation of the code of conduct for public personnel. The tribunal had ruled that in the absence of any credible evidence to support the charges, there was no basis to call upon the Senate President to enter his defence.
However, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ruling in December, 2017, in an appeal filed by the presidency against the decision of the CCT, restored three out of the dismissed 18 counts and demanded that Saraki should to return to the CCT to respond to the indictments.
But both Saraki and the federal government were dissatisfied with separate parts of the Court of Appeal’s verdict.
Whereas Saraki had appealed to the Supreme Court against the part of the Court of Appeal’s decision restoring three of the 18 counts, the federal government had cross-appealed against the part of the decision affirming the tribunal’s dismissal of the rest of the 15 counts.
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During the hearing of Saraki’s appeal and the federal government’s cross-appeal on April 12, the lawyers representing both sides argued against and in favour of each other’s appeals.
Earlier, Legit.ng had reported that Saraki would today, June 14, receive judgement for his no-case submission he filed in front of the the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Saraki filed the no-case submission to challenge his ongoing trial on the amended 18 charges of false declaration and other related offences.
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Source: Legit.ng
