The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has filed
another application before the Code of Conduct
Tribunal, to stall his ongoing trial on charges of false
asset declaration.
Saraki whose numerous applications seeking to stall
the trial had been dismissed by the CCT itself and
others including the Supreme Court, through his fresh
motion, is asking the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar,
to disqualify himself.
Saraki, through his fresh motion filed before the CCT
on Tuesday, asked Umar to disqualify himself from the
trial on the basis that the tribunal chairman is
allegedly under criminal investigation by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission.
He alleged in the motion that Umar would likely be
biased in the handling of his trial since the EFCC
which is allegedly leading the prosecution of the
Senate President before the CCT is also investigating
the tribunal chairman.
The application was filed before the CCT by Mr.
Raphael Oluyede, who has not been part of Saraki’s
defence team before the CCT.
Oluyede was the lawyer who filed the case seeking to
stop Saraki’s trial but which was dismissed by Justice
Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja last
Friday.
The fresh application has not been served on the
prosecution in the case.
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