The President of the
Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, has been docked at the Code of Conduct Tribunal
for false declaration of assets.
After arriving the tribunal in the company of some 50
Nigerian senators, Mr. Saraki initially refused to enter the accused person’s
box at the tribunal. It took a prolonged argument between the chairperson of
the tribunal Danladi Umar and Saraki’s lawyers before he eventually agreed to
enter the accused box.
As Mr. Saraki sat in the box, 13 counts of corruption charges were read
to him by the lead prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs. Saraki took a no-guilty plea
as the charges was read.
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