The on-going case against Senate President- By Tope Ajayi.
Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has, at every
point, continued to reveal surprises. The latest one was Thursday’s admission
by the Chairman, Mr. Danladi Yakubu Umar, that the tribunal, under his
leadership, erroneously delivered its 2011 verdict that discharged former Lagos
State governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Umar made the revelation while
giving a ruling in a motion filed by Saraki’s lead counsel, Mr. Kanu Agabi,
SAN, challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal on the grounds that the
condition for filing the case was not fulfilled. Agabi had contended that, on
the basis that Saraki was not given the opportunity to either admit in writing
or deny the alleged inconsistencies in the asset declaration form he filled in
2003 when he was Governor of Kwara State, the charges should be quashed as it
was done in the Tinubu case.
