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20 Teams, 80 Trained Prosecutors(lawyers) To Take Over Bukola Saraki ,ike Ekwe. by okpiewon(m): 3:07pm On Jul 10, 2016
Report said each of the teams is made up of four lawyers with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) as the leader - the identities of the lawyers are yet to be revealed.Report said each of the teams is made up of four lawyers with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) as the leader - the identities of the lawyers are yet to be revealed.It was gathered that the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, which is led by Prof. Itse Sagay and other specialists took the lawyers through special training for over one month in preparation for their new assignment.
One of the teams of prosecutors has been assigned the forgery case recently instituted against Senate President Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others, anonymous sources in the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja was said to have confirmed on Thursday, July 7.
It was learnt prosecuting team will take over the forgery case from the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mr.Mohammed Diri, upon resumption of trial on Monday, July 11.
Confirming the development, the Special Adviser to Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation on Media and Publicity, Mr. Salihu Isah, said cases have been assigned to six of the 20 teams. Related:Over View Of Saraki Trails, A likely Hood of Bias
“The prosecutors, 80 in all, are constituted into 20 teams. After they were trained, cases have been assigned to the first six and one of the cases is the Saraki’s case that you mentioned,” Isah said.
The Federal Government had on June 10 charged Saraki, Ekweremadu and two others with two counts of criminal conspiracy and forgery of Senate Standing Rules used for the leadership election of the presiding officers of the 8th Senate on June 4, 2015.
The two other accused person are a former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his then deputy, Benedict Efeturi.

Source:http://www.sarakinews.com/2016/07/20-teams-80-trained-prosecutorslawyers.html
Re: 20 Teams, 80 Trained Prosecutors(lawyers) To Take Over Bukola Saraki ,ike Ekwe. by Vatsyayana: 3:17pm On Jul 10, 2016
Good way to go. I have always beleived in Prof Sagay. This is commonsense in action. I hereby name the teams of Lawyers #The Legal Rangers
God bless PMB.
Re: 20 Teams, 80 Trained Prosecutors(lawyers) To Take Over Bukola Saraki ,ike Ekwe. by babdap: 3:41pm On Jul 10, 2016
Sagay the father of criminal law in Nigeria tutoring Lawyers since 1970's.
Re: 20 Teams, 80 Trained Prosecutors(lawyers) To Take Over Bukola Saraki ,ike Ekwe. by omowolewa: 3:46pm On Jul 10, 2016

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