Again, on Thursday, the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal took a dramatic turn as Saraki’s lawyer, Paul Usoro, read out details of the various transfers the defendants made to his foreign account while he was Kwara state governor.

The lawyer disclosed this following the refusal of the first prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, to read out from an exhibit tendered before the Tribunal.

The exhibit is said to contain all the transfers made by Saraki to his American Express Service, New York account through his Guaranteed Trust Bank account (GTB) in Nigeria.

The witness stated that reading out the transfer will ‘take the whole day’ hence his refusal to read them out one by one.

At this point, Usoro began to read out all the transfers to the witness, who agreed on its accuracy.

Here are the figures read out by Saraki’s lawyer: “March, 3, 2011, $30,656.74; February, 2, 2011, $32, 687; October, 18, 2010, $48,900; September, 2, 2010, $18,000; August, 32, 2010, $100,000; May 18, 2010, $134,000; Jan 21, 2010, $64,000; July 29, 2010, $80,984; August 26, 2011, $65,000; Jan, 27, 2012, $145,000.”

“16 July, $138,000; Sep 24, 2008, $45,308;Jan 11 2012, $130,400;Dec, 18, 2012, $4,123;Jan $17, $560, 19, August, 2011,$43,651; August 16, 2011, 91, 738; August 26,2011,$10,000; August 28,2011 $65000; September, 9 2011, $1120.140; November,2011, $147,000; December, 14, 2011, $86,872, Jan, 12012, $15,000, Jan 27, 2012, $145.000; January 1, 2012, $700,000.”

“February 2,2012, $94,754.63; February 20, 2012, $77.000; March 29 2012, $70.648; May 11 2012, $70.000; May 5, 2012, $55.000, June 12 2012, $89.411; December 18, 2012, $400,153; October 11, 2012, $130, 400; September 24 2012, $45, 308.”

Mazi Emeka