THE primary prosecution witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas, in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, may have created another major pothole for the federal government’s prosecution team, as he has stated on cross-examination that there was insufficient evidence to sustain Count 11 of the 16 paragraph indictment against the Senate President.


Paul Usoro (SAN), who led the cross-examination of Wetkas on Wednesday proceedings, steered Wetkas through a series of questions to try to figure out how the Federal Government arrived at its conclusion to bring Charge 11 against Saraki, a former two-term Governor of Kwara State.

Wetkas, who is also an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the lead witness in the case, admitted that he never asked the defendant about the mortgage alluded to in Count 11, and neither did he see the mortgage agreement to confirm the ownership of the property in question.

The EFCC witness also admitted to the fact that no current evidence shows the location and/or description of the property referred to in Count 11 (No. 37 A Global Road, Lagos) as he was not entirely sure if the Global Road in question was in Ebute Meta, Lagos or Ikoyi, Lagos.

Following the revelations, the tribunal adjourned the trial to Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 for further cross-examination

freeze001:
When people say all this drama is political persecution because Saraki bucked the norms of party supremacy and clinched the seat of Senate president, the crazies who are officially tagged zombies come out to scream fight against corruption and corruption fighting back.

Let the drama keep unfolding

SLIDEwaxie:
yea, he's innocent of the charges, right..

Em...you're igbo, right?



We knw

SLIDEwaxie:
yea, he's innocent of the charges, right..

Em...you're igbo, right?



We knw

SLIDEwaxie:
yea, he's innocent of the charges, right..

Em...you're igbo, right?



We knw

freeze001:


Nope, not saying he's innocent. If u choose to be honest though you'd realise or agree this is a case that was hurriedly knocked together. It would have been neater if the issue arose out of a general investigation of assets declaration and his was singled out as having the issues which form part of the charges he's answering for.

Read the op again, can u not see that the charge in question went to no issue? How do u file a charge against a person and there's no evidence, no investigation done so how did they plan to get that to fly? I mean the witness wasn't even sure of the location of the property in issue! That's a clear sign of a case hurriedly knocked together to achieve an aim other than justice unless of course u mean to admit that sloppiness and incompetence are to be expected in every thing about this government including investigation/prosecution of corruption cases...

Finally yes, u are right I'm 200% Igbo...does that make anything I've said untrue or unfounded? Stereotyping can be offensive u know? You don't have to be...attack or criticize content rather than form. That's maturity and intelligence, completely contrary to what ur post discloses about you.

MilanGuy:


Its igbos like you who give people the impression that all igbos want PMB to fail.I'm igbo and I strongly believe and support his government.

You have already concluded that Saraki is been persecuted, all in a bid to paint the PMB bad and to console yourself that your"hero"was the best thing to have ever happen to you since birth.

Jonathan was an epic failure and isnt coning back, you all needs to get your heads out of your asses and stop thinking demented fools.

Consiglier:


Its like the word Igbo gives you erec+ion?

freeze001:


My dear, stick to the subject and deal with facts. It's the truth of the situation right now. I'm all for investigation and prosecution of corrupt persons but I draw the line at vindictiveness cos that's what erodes professionalism, objectivity and neutrality.

You don’t have to lie to appear 'different from the rest', u know u are not even remotely Igbo. Furthermore, I don't suffer fools gladly so don't let ur fingers run away when u want to start typing insulting words for no provocation because u then come off as the demented fool stinking if shiit because u keep ur head stuck up in ur arse and can't even find a way to come up for air even to save urself. You see the bolded word? That gives a better representation of where your from, certainly facilitates the head-in-ass disease u suffer so greatly.

Osehnetworld:
s lik ds Paul usoro s more active Dan KANU agabi , d game ve changed sinx he took over d cross examination

MilanGuy:


Its igbos like you who give people the impression that all igbos want PMB to fail.I'm igbo and I strongly believe and support his government.

You have already concluded that Saraki is been persecuted, all in a bid to paint the PMB bad and to console yourself that your"hero"was the best thing to have ever happen to you since birth.

Jonathan was an epic failure and isnt coning back, you all needs to get your heads out of your asses and stop thinking demented fools.

SLIDEwaxie:
there's no sticking out of the subject with what he said.

Na only u?

When was the last time the yorubas protested against the thieves who were being haunted by their actions?

Each one of them is a thief, but whoever has the turn to face his crimes, why protest against that?

Soz the guy is still on the topic!

Recently, some sets of deranged individuals blew up pipelines again ( that part always for me laffin every time it happens) and asked for kanu to be released (agreed, that is still pertinent), and dasuki (I am lost here ) is to be released too.

Now, u're claiming witch hunting as if you're making sense...

Talk abt a guy whose name appeared in the world corruption scandal and whose assets and riches denies him bluntly. Someone whose resources was concentrated on stopping the court trial and ure talking witch hunting. When are we going to stand up as a youth and ask for these thieves to be killed?

I guess that's a dream...with people like u playing a part..

13% derivatives since the time of OBJ and u guys are still blaming the feds for your woes while u sing praises of ur looters.

Your allocation is at times 10 times of other states and your States are not even bigger than the ones collecting paltry allocation and yet, whenever one if your looters are picked up, u start collecting 500naira and start throwing sticks in the air!!!

2050thinker:


http://silverbirdtv.com/politics/12433-sarakis-trial-we-have-no-details-sustain-charge-11-efcc-witness

freeze001:
When people say all this drama is political persecution because Saraki bucked the norms of party supremacy and clinched the seat of Senate president, the crazies who are officially tagged zombies come out to scream fight against corruption and corruption fighting back.

Not holding brief as to whether he's innocent or not but it's just so friggin clear there's more to this than 'fighting corruption'.
Let the drama keep unfolding

MilanGuy:


Its igbos like you who give people the impression that all igbos want PMB to fail.I'm igbo and I strongly believe and support his government.

You have already concluded that Saraki is been persecuted, all in a bid to paint the PMB bad and to console yourself that your"hero"was the best thing to have ever happen to you since birth.

Jonathan was an epic failure and isnt coning back, you all needs to get your heads out of your asses and stop thinking demented fools.

gabbytabby:
Apparently(if you can trust the source of the information) for those in the diaspora who are really interested he did not declare UK assets at 7and 8 whittaker street. If my lookup serves me right this is in belgravia london so for 3 pounds at land registry uk online you can get copy of the title register and know who owns, amount paid, year bought, the mortgagee if any and other information.

Akainzo:


Send the link and I would pay the 3 Pounds to get it and send to Saraki to defend himself (wait, is Saraki as a UK citizen not also aware of this to use to defend himself? )