The Supreme Court on Friday finally laid to rest the trial of a Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on assets declaration and sundry charges instituted against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Dattijo Muhammad unanimously upheld Saraki’s appeal, by dismissing the remnant three counts, declaring the evidence led by the prosecution as hearsay.

The Danladi Umar-led CCT had, in June last year, terminated the trial upon an application by Saraki, by dismissing the entire 18 counts preferred against the Senate President.

The CCT’s decision was based on the grounds that the prosecution, with its four witnesses and 49 exhibits tendered, only led hearsay evidence which could not be the basis to link Saraki to the 18 counts preferred against him.

However, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ruling on December 12, 2017, in an appeal filed by the Federal Government against the decision of the CCT, restored three out of the dismissed 18 counts and ordered Saraki to return to the CCT to defend the three charges.

While Saraki had appealed to the Supreme Court against the part of the Court of Appeal’s decision restoring three of the 18 counts, the Federal Government had cross-appealed against the part of the decision affirming the tribunal’s dismissal of the rest of the 15 counts.

However, in its lead judgment on Friday, Justice Centus Nweze upheld Saraki’s appeal and dismissed the Federal Government’s appeal.
Justice Nweze agreed with the CCT that the evidence led by the prosecution at the tribunal was entirely hearsay.

He held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to have restored three out the 18 counts earlier dismissed by the CCT when it agreed that the evidence led by the prosecution was hearsay but went ahead to isolate three of the counts as having been proved.

Justice Nweze quoted a part of the Court of Appeal’s judgment where it held that “the prosecution failed to call those who have direct knowledge of the facts sought to be proved, to testify”.

Faulting the Court of Appeal’s turn around to restore three of the counts based on the evidence it had declared as hearsay, Justice Nweze said was “equivalent to judicial equivalent of a forensic somersault”.

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I dont fancy Saraki but it means this have been of course an APC government political vendetta cum propaganda.So will others unfairly accused persons get justice.

finally..................

The jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Biafra are happy for thief saraki.

Otu ocha eee

Let the politics begin. The machavelian tendencies of the Saraki dynasty will begin to manifest.

Saraki became a toothless tiger in the last 3 years because FG and their renegade forces held his blockos. Now that he has it back. Watch Saraki in action.

Saraki and Amechi crashed PDP ahead of 2015 election.

This 2019 movie will be a block buster

Deformed APC 0 : 1 Reformed APC

R-APC just defeated D-APC at home in the final match of the season.

Aggregate Score:
D-APC 1 : 3 R-APC.

Victory for justice. Our Supreme Court is the only institution that the deformed party is yet to compromise.

Over to MURIC- the media arm of terrorists.

Shame to fake corruption fighters.

In this country as far as money is on the table onye obuna laya(everybody go home)

Ehen the king's son too won go join them

kaorama:
Shame to fake corruption fighters.

you dey vex o

iloveyou82:
The jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Biafra are happy for thief saraki.

easy. Biafra gat nothing to do with this.

You can read all the full details of the report here below:


False Asset Declaration: Supreme Court Clears Saraki From All Charges By CCT, Says '' It’s a ‘Caricature of Justice ''

Watch How Saraki And Co Will Flee From APC, This Was the Only Rope Holding Them Back, Now The Coast is Cleared, Off They Go Back Home To PDP or any Other Peaceful And Much More Focus Party.

Just As They Contributed In Bringing Buhari To Power, They Will Also Contribute Even More To Send Him Back Home to Daura Next Year.

APC Is The Worst Thing That Have Even Happened To Nigeria, 3 Years + in Power And Nothing To Show Except Sorrow, Tears and Blood, What A Shame.

DONSMITH123:


easy. Biafra gat nothing to do with this.

are you not? And are you not happy for saraki?

Jirate:
Watch How Saraki And Co Will Flee From APC, This Was the Only Rope Holding Them Back, Now The Coast is Cleared, Off They Go Back Home To PDP or any Other Peaceful And Much More Focus Party.
Just As They Contributed In Bringing Buhari To Power, They Will Also Contribute Even More To Send Him Back Home to Daura Next Year.
APC Is The Worst Thing That Have Even Happened To Nigeria, 3 Years + in Power And Nothing To Show, What A Shame.

offa robbery case is not over.
So thief saraki can not do anyhow.

H

This is good for Saraki. He is being persecuted as far as that assets declaration case is concerned.
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