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Saraki’s Corruption Trial Live Update by petsolo15(m): 11:41am On Oct 21, 2015 |
10:00: Saraki Arrives Senate
President Bukola Saraki
arrived at the court,
accompanied by a retinue of
senators.
There was commotion at the
Code of Conduct Tribunal
earlier as police stopped
journalists from gaining
access into the court room.
Later the police allowed our
reporter to gain access into
the court room. 10:20: There are more than 30 senators, including the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, Abdullahi Adamu, Aliyu Wamakko, Sam Egwu, Sam Anyanwu, Dino Melaye, among others, who accompanied the senate president. On September 22, Mr. Saraki pleaded not guilty to the 13 charges against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau. 10:30: The chairman of the Senate Committee on Information, Dino Melaye, confirmed to journalists that 84 senators accompanied the senate president, Bukola Saraki, to Code of Conduct Tribunal today. Court session begins The court session finally began at 10: 46 am 11:05: At the commencement of the trial, the lead prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, traced the history of the case at the court of appeal. He lamented how the appellate court fixed October 19 for the judgment, but when they arrived on the day for the judgement, they were told it was not ready. |
Re: Saraki’s Corruption Trial Live Update by kemlily(f): 11:42am On Oct 21, 2015 |
Re: Saraki’s Corruption Trial Live Update by petsolo15(m): 11:55am On Oct 21, 2015 |
11:26: After the two sides presented their
arguments, the tribunal let both sides
pick date for resumption of the hearing.
Both sides agreed that hearing should be
between November 5 and 6 in order to
await the outcome of the decision of the
Court of Appeal. |
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