Go and Face Your Trial – Appeal Court Throws Out All Appeals By Bukola Saraki

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has finally dismiss all the appeals by Senate President Bukola Saraki who is challenging his arraignment and trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

At the resumed hearing on Friday the court threw out all five issues raised by before it by Saraki.

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal delivered the judgment in the appeal seeking to dismiss the 13-count criminal charge against the Senate President at the CCT.

Properly Constituted
Two judges out of the three-man panel held that the appeal lacked merit.

The three-man panel of judges led by Justice Moore Adumein held that the Code of Conduct Tribunal was properly constituted to try Saraki.

Justice Adumein said the two-man panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal was the minimum quorum required, according to the Interpretation Act, to sit in judgement on any issue.

He said the Tribunal did not err in law to commence trial against Saraki with a two-man panel.

Consequently, the Code of Conduct Tribunal will now commence the trial of Saraki on November 5.