The Court of Appeal Abuja division will today (Monday) decide the fate of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki’s false assets declaration trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Senator Saraki had pleaded not guilty to the one count charge before the tribunal and went ahead to challenge the trial through an appeal anchored on five grounds upon which his counsel said the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal had erred by arraigning him.
The appellate court presided by Justice Moore Adumein reserved the judgment last Friday after Joseph Daudu (SAN) who represented Senator Saraki and Rotimi Jacob (SAN) the Federal Government private prosecutor had addressed the court on the merit of their cases.
Justice Adumein, who heard the appeal alongside with two other justices, announced that the verdict would be delivered at 2pm today (October 19, 2015. He struck out Saraki’s application for a stay of proceedings of the trial at the Code of Conduct tribunal and explained that it was no longer necessary as the court had heard the substantive appeal.
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