CCT trial: Saraki approaches Tinubu, Buhari for soft landing

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki is reported to have reached out to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, regarding the judgment of the Supreme Court on his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The apex court in the country had recently ruled that Saraki’s false asset declaration trail should continue as scheduled, at the CCT.

Saraki was alleged to have made false asset declaration in his forms at the Code of Conduct Bureau during his tenure as a two-term governor of Kwara State between 2003-2011.

The trial which is expected to resume on March 10, has seen Saraki indirectly reach out to Buhari and Tinubu, Punch Newspapers reports.

A top government source was quoted to have said Saraki could not directly approach Buhari on the matter because he’s aware of the President’s disposition to such issues.

The anonymous source was reported to have revealed that the Senate President sent emissaries to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo when Buhari was on a six-day vacation and the former was the acting President.

Senate Leader, Ali Ndume had on Tuesday led some of his colleagues, including Dino Melaye, Abdullahi Adamu and Monsurat Sumonu to meet Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The source was quoted to have said the Vice-President told the Ndume-led delegation that nothing could be done regarding Saraki’s trial.

“Saraki knows the kind of person the President is and I think he won’t approach him directly on this matter. But yes, I can tell you that he is reaching out indirectly.”

“He sent emissaries to meet with the Vice-President when the President was on vacation and the Vice-President was on the chair in acting capacity. The emissaries had met with the Vice-President under the cover of the developments about the 2016 budget. In the process, they put the issue of Saraki forward.”

“Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, however, made it equivocally clear to them that the two issues could not be mixed. He told them that the issue of the budget was different from the trial of Saraki.”

Meanwhile, the report further states that Saraki has also reached out to about 10 opinion leaders and clerics to visit Tinubu at his home in Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Another source was quoted to have said that Tinubu isn’t keen on wading into the trial of Bukola Saraki.

“Access from Saraki’s camp has been blocked. Tinubu has been disappointed in every way. It was the party that picked Ahmed Lawan. He was not Tinubu’s initial candidate but he did it all the same. So, he has decided to (wash his) hands and will not say a word again regarding Saraki.”

“Efforts have intensified since Saraki’s recent CCT trouble but Tinubu has been out of the country. He has been in Guinea for the last five days.”

“We have been informed that Saraki is working with a team of people in Ilorin that will storm Lagos. Top leaders there including Muslim clerics are being put together to visit Lagos and mediate on his behalf but Tinubu is not interested.”

“There is no deal to be made anymore. Saraki never conceded anything. He did not give any of our people any principal position. He then went ahead to increase the number of Senate committees by fiat just to placate those that have been following him to court.

“Every concession was denied. The approval of ministers had nothing to do with Tinubu. It was purely between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu has moved on. He has been visiting African countries, supporting other democracies in West Africa.”

“Saraki should go and get good lawyers. As you can see, attempts to remove the CCT chairman did not work. Attempts to stop the trial at the Supreme Court have also failed.”

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