The trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Code of Conduct Bureau had charged him with alleged false declaration of his assets, while serving as governor of Kwara state, among other infractions.
Many had believed that the trial would not hold, as a result of the court order of Thursday, where Justice Ahmed Mohammed, ruled that the Code of Conduct Bureau should appear before him to prove why Saraki, should be prosecuted.
However, the trial is currently ongoing, as there appears to be a loophole in the earlier ruling.
The ruling was based on the fact that without a substantive Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in place, there can be no charges filed against Saraki nor a trial held.
But according to the prosecuting officer, the power to file charges is not the exclusive right of the Attorney-General.
He was quoted to have said: “Any officer in the Attorney-General’s office is eminently qualified to do so in any court of law. I am competent to do so.”
Saraki, who is a no-show in court, is represented by his lawyer, Mahmud Magaji.
