The Senate passed the Code of Conduct act for second reading less than 72 hours after it passed through the first reading.

The bill was sponsored by Peter Nwaoboshi representing Delta north senatorial district who said that the act does not contemplate criminal trial.

The passage of the bill is a victory for senators under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against their counterparts in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The PDP senators are largely supporters of Senate president, Bukola Saraki, who is battling to prove his innocence in a case brought against him by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Saraki is currently standing trial for a 13-count criminal charge filed against him by the federal government.

Earlier today, Saraki lost his bid to stop his trial at the CCT, as the Court of Appeal dismissed his application. The five-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja said his trial should continue.

talktonase:
It is still not over until bubu accents to it...if he does not then 2/3 of the the members of NA preside over it to pass it into law...