Saraki opens Senate plenary, handed over to Ekweremadu
- In spite of the CCT trial, Bukola Saraki comes to the Senate to open the plenary
- Senate moves to stop Saraki’s trial as it summoned CCT justice
Danladi Umar, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has on April 18, Monday said that the Senate president Bukola Saraki must abandon Senate sittings and attend his trial every day.
However, Saraki has today, April 19, arrived in Senate and taken the opening prayer.
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Later he handed over to Ekweremadu for continuation as he heads to CCT.
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions summoned Danladi Umar in a bid to disrupt corruption trial of the Senate president.
Overruling Saraki’s lead counsel’s application for the trial not to hold when the Senate is having plenary, CCT chairman said the president of the Senate was the one facing trial not the Senate.
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Saraki is currently facing trial at the CCT following a 13- count charge leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, bordering on alleged corruption and false declaration of assets.
Source: Legit.ng
