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Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive In Court For Alleged Senate Rules Forgery by nobleferguson(m): 9:54am On Jun 27, 2016 |
The trial judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu,
trying to organise the court,
asked supporters to vacate their seats
so that lawyers could seat.
Justice Halilu also asked journalists
and lawyers to leave the court.
He said names of persons that would
be allowed in would be called.
Lawmakers supporting the Senate
President are also locked outside the
court.
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. |
Re: Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive In Court For Alleged Senate Rules Forgery by nobleferguson(m): 9:56am On Jun 27, 2016 |
GOD bless NIGERIA |
Re: Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive In Court For Alleged Senate Rules Forgery by Tunechi1(m): 10:03am On Jun 27, 2016 |
nobleferguson:amen, |
Re: Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive In Court For Alleged Senate Rules Forgery by Nobody: 10:07am On Jun 27, 2016 |
no pictures? |
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