Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive In Court around 8.46am today For Alleged Senate Rules Forgery.

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu are in court to face trial on alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2015.



Senate Saraki is being arraigned along with his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Salisu Maikasuwa and his deputy, Mr Benedict Efeturi.

In the affidavit filed on June 10, the Investigative Police Officer (IPO), swore that the investigation into the case had been concluded.

The affidavit read: “The charges filed through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, by the Federal Government, against the senators reads that you, Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa, Benedict Efeturi, Dr. Olubukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, on or about, the 9th of June, 2015, at the National Assembly complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this court, conspired amongst yourselves to forge the Senate Standing Order, 2011 (as amended) and you thereby committed the offence of conspiracy, punishable under Section 97 (1) of the Penal Code Law”.

It also accused them of allegedly forging the Order, causing it to be believed as the genuine Standing Order, 2015 and circulated same for use during the inauguration of the 8th Senate of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Senator Saraki has maintained that he knows nothing about how the rules adopted in the inauguration of the Eighth Senate on June 9, 2015 was formulated.

He said the on-going efforts to drag him into a case of forgery before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, was just another phase in the orchestrated persecution he has faced since he emerged as Senate President a little over a year ago.

Saraki, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he was not a part of the leadership of the 7th Senate that made the rules in question and prior to his unanimous election as Senate President on June 9, 2015, he was merely a Senator-elect like all his colleagues and therefore was not in a position to influence the rules that were to be used in the conduct of the election.

http://www.channelstv.com/2016/06/27/saraki-others-to-appear-in-court-for-senate-rules-forgery/

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Saraki, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he was not a part of the leadership of the 7th Senate that made the rules in question and prior to his unanimous election as Senate President on June 9, 2015, he was merely a Senator-elect like all his colleagues and therefore was not in a position to influence the rules that were to be used in the conduct of the election.

Not being a leader at the Senate isn't an excuse to exempt you from the crime.

We all know to what extent Bukola Saraki as a person can go to realize his selfish ambition, most especially when he has some of the leaders(Ekweremadu) and clerk of the 7th Senate as Allies to connive with.

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Last acts of a desperate government. This government has already been fired by the International political mafia. Their expiration will be in three months time. Even their sponsors, SI have abandoned them. Remember I told you all last year that this government would be fired this year.

Keke,mbo make i dey here the monitor zombies and their kukre move.

One of the genuine changes in the last one year is this NATURAL COURSE of action in ogun river. Those espoused by APC are riddled with deceit, impunity and fraud.

A 'STILLNESS' before the 'TORRENTS' as can be seen in the 'dried-up' Ogun river. NATURE can't be wrong even in POLITICAL CALCULATIONS.

I hope we'll not realise the dangers ahead when it's too late to CHANGE.

Buhari have already told the judge what to say

Buhari might plan coup in the senate today if they are I'm session he will ask his APC senators to impeach them

But when will buhari be arraigned for his own case of certificate forgery?

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Buhari might plan coup in the senate today if they are I'm session he will ask his APC senators to impeach them

saraki has declared holiday already,they are to resume plenary next month,,...so I read somewhere on this site