Reports reaching us have it that Senate President,
Bukola Saraki has appeared at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) where his
trial for alleged false declaration of assets is continuing, with 84 senators.
This much was confirmed by Premium Times, where it was
reported that his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, Dino Melaye, Stella Oduah, Samuel Anyanwu,
are among some of the senators who stormed the venue of the trial earlier
today.
Bukola Saraki
appears in court this morning
The senate president had been arraigned on September
18, over allegations of corruption and false assets declaration and was granted
bail on self recognition.
Below are some of the assets which senate president allegedly declared falsely:
Below are some of the assets which senate president allegedly declared falsely:
Property on Musa Yar’Adua Street, Victoria Island,
owned by his company, BAS Trading, was valued at N700 million
A plot of land in Lekki, he acquired in his name in
February 1992, was valued at N7 million.
A plot in Ajah he got in November 1992 had a value
rate of N5 million;
The property at 42 Gerrard Road, Ikoyi owned by
Skyview Properties Ltd was valued at N750 million
Another property at 19 Ruxton road, Ikoyi, owned by
Skyview Properties Ltd was valued at N500 million;
The property at 62 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi also owned by
Skyview was valued at N100 million;
Carlisle Properties Ltd, one of his company owned the
property at No 15A & 15B McDonald Road, Ikoyi worth N160 million.
The property in Maitama District in Abuja was N160
million.
Faces at the
tribunal today
According to Premium Times, Saraki arrived the court
at about 10.00am with the senators who were around to show solidarity for their
leader.
Meanwhile, there was commotion at the CCT earlier as
police stopped journalists from gaining access into the court room, as cameras
were totally barred from the room.
At about 10.20am, more than 30 senators, including
Ekweremadu, Abdullahi Adamu, Aliyu Wamakko, Sam Egwu, Anyanwu, Melaye, among
others, who accompanied the senate president, were already seated.
Saraki pleaded ‘not guilty’ to a 13-count charge
leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on September 22.
Melaye, the senators’ spokesperson informed that 84
senators stormed the venue of the trial to show their support for Saraki.
Some other
people during Bukola Saraki’s CCT trial earlier today
As at the time of filing this report, it was gathered
that the court sitting had resumed sitting.
And the lead prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs began
by tracing the history of the case at the court of appeal.
He also lamented how the appellate court fixed October
19 for the judgment, but were told that it was not ready when they arrived on
the day for the judgement.
After the tribunal and the senate
president’s counsels presented their arguments, the tribunal asked them to pick
date for resumption of the hearing and they agreed that hearing should resume
between November 5 and 6 in order to await the outcome of the decision of the
Court of Appeal.
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