Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday challenged the threat by the Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, that the delay being allegedly employed in his trial over false assets declaration will not reduce the consequences that he (Saraki) will meet from the tribunal at the end of trial.
Saraki claimed that the threat by Umar in the open court was a clear indication that the tribunal had made up its mind to convict him at all cost in respective of the evidences before the tribunal.
The Senate President has, therefore, asked the CCT chairman to step aside from further hearing the trial initiated against him by the Federal Government.
In a fresh Motion on Notice brought pursuant to Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution, Saraki insisted that the tribunal chairman was in a hurry to convict him without giving him a fair hearing and a fair opportunity to defend himself.
In the motion filed by lead his Counsel, Mr Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN), Saraki stated that the threat by CCT chairman was biased and cannot accord him a fair trial.
The motion predicated on eight grounds indicated that the threat of consequences issued by Umar has caused Saraki to lose confidence in the impartiality of the chairman and that he is no longer confident that he can get justice from the tribunal if the chairman continues to participate in the hearing and determination of the case against him.
Part of the grounds of the motion was that the defendant (Saraki) has lost confidence in the ability of the tribunal chairman to conduct a fair trial and dispense justice according to law.
Thursday, 16 June 2016
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