BREAKING: CCT Rejects Saraki’s Request For Adjournment

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has over-ruled an application for an adjournment by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and ordered his trial on 13 counts of false and anticipatory asset declaration, which was scheduled to commence today.The Danladi Umar-led panel of the CCT gave

the order in a ruling after a stand-down which he took to prepare its ruling after entertaining argument and counter-argument on Saraki’s application. Umar ruled that the defendant’s application for adjournment offended provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. When
proceedings started at about 10:30am on Tuesday, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), infor‎med the tribunal that the matter was on March 24, adjourned till today for trial to commence. Jacobs told the tribunal that his witness was in court and was ready for trial to commence.
But defence counsel, Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN), urged the tribunal to adjourn the case till a period after the hearing of his client’s motion for stay of proceedings of the CCT which was filed before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal only on Monday.