A former Justice of the Supreme Court,
Justice Samson Odemwingie Uwaifo, has
asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
to hands off the criminal trial of the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
This is coming days after the tribunal
dismissed a motion seeking to quash a
13-count charge of false and anticipatory
asset declaration initiated against him.
Justice Uwaifo made the submission last
week Friday when he spoke on “The Code
of Conduct enshrined in the Constitution
of Nigeria and its crucial importance in
the fight against corruption” at a seminar
organised by Ben Nwabueze Centre for
Studies in Constitutional Law and Related
Subjects.
According to him, the tribunal, which
functions among others, were strictly
administrative, lacked the requisite
powers to adjudicate on criminal matters
as “the claim that the tribunal has and can exercise criminal jurisdiction over him is tenuous in substance, ambivalent in direction and ambiguous in meaning.”
He, however, insisted that the CCT must
be stopped from further trying the Senate President or putting his liberty at risk on the alleged criminal offence as its
continued handling of the matter had
become an embarrassment to the
nation’s administration of criminal justice.
He said: “I need to remark, however, that
the tendency to get the Code of Conduct
Tribunal and probably similar bodies to
intrude into the administration of criminal justice is not a welcome development. It is, indeed, a challenge to our constitutional democracy, which puts the liberty of individuals at risk. It is also a challenge to the foresight of anyone who fails to appreciate this dire consequence.”
Besides, he asked the CCT Chairman,
Danladi Umar, to purge himself of the
allegation of bias hanging on his neck, just as he described Saraki’s trial as not only a charade, but politically inclined.
He said: “It is now open secret that the
power behind the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) did not back him (Saraki)
for that office. It is fair to see a connection between that circumstance and the Code of Conduct matter.
“There is the rumour that the chairman of the CCT has an alleged crime hanging over him, which might give the impression that he may be willing to act as the hatchet man over Saraki to save him the prospect of the alleged crime not seeing the light of the day by way of prosecution.
“Looking at the treatment Saraki has
received so far in the tribunal presided
over by the said chairman who might or is deemed to know that there is the Sword of Damocles hanging over him; would the ordinary right-minded persons aware of the situation have the impression that there was a real likelihood of bias on his part to deny Saraki justice”?
https://www.today.ng/news/national/99039/cct-lacks-power-to-try-saraki-for-criminal-offence-justice-uwaifo

In my Opinion, No criminal should be prosecuted for anything in Nigeria, if people can be fighting for a criminal called Saraki

Attention seeker...using ancient laws and knowledge to treat post-PDP issues

Court has ruled that Cut is competent

Uwaifo, a former supreme court judge, under the Ghana must-go regime l guess. Can you tell us one criminal case he has prosecuted successfully as a judge? Thieves holding brief for their fellow criminals.



So Uwaifo is now bigger than the supreme court that ruled that saraki should go and defend himself. UWAIFO INDEED, AM I SURPRISED? NA DEM NOW, SUPPORTERS OF LOOTERS.

gigabyte13:
Uwaifo, a former supreme court judge, under the Ghana must-go regime l guess. Can you tell us one criminal case he has prosecuted successfully as a judge? Thieves holding brief for their fellow criminals.



So Uwaifo is now bigger than the supreme court that ruled that saraki should go and defend himself. UWAIFO INDEED, AM I SURPRISED? NA DEM NOW, SUPPORTERS OF LOOTERS.

Succinctly put....bar man, give this guy more pammy jor