he Code of Conduct Tribunal
has dismissed an application
by the senate president,
Bukola Saraki, for false asset
declaration charges against
him to be dropped.
Mr. Saraki’s lawyer, Kanu
Agabi, had argued that the
13-count charge was invalid
procedurally because the
Code of Conduct Bureau
which filed the charges,
failed to allow Mr. Saraki
explain discrepancies in his
assets declaration forms as
required by law.
But in his ruling Thursday,
the chairman of the tribunal,
Danladi Umar, said there was
no breach of law as the Code
of Conduct Bureau and
Tribunal Act, 1989, still
allows the senate president
raise his clarifications at the
level of the tribunal.
Mr. Danladi said by law, the
CCB could receive complaints
of breach of the Act and refer
such complaints to the
Tribunal, provided that it will
allow the person involved to
give a statement affirming or
denying the said misconduct.
Also, upholding the argument
made by the prosecution, Mr.
Umar said Section 3 (e) of the
3rd schedule of the 1999
Constitution gives the bureau
the right to receive
complaints of such nature
and where necessary refer
such matter to the tribunal.
According to Mr. Danladi,
Section 174 of the
Constitution also gives the
Attorney General of the
Federation the prerogative two
file criminal proceedings and
does not owe any
explanations to any one on
how to go about it.
He therefore ordered the
continuation of the trial.
Mr. Saraki had earlier lost his bid to stop
the trial after the the Supreme Court
dismissed his initial objections.




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