Key evidence in Saraki’s CCT trial burnt

As the false asset declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, began at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday, April 20, the witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Micheal Wetkas revealed that documents relating to the alleged transfer of $73, 233 by Saraki to a foreign account were burnt before the commencement... Read More

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April 20, 2016

How Saraki transferred N20m into account with ‘American Express Bank’

As the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki commenced on Wednesday, April 20, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed to the court how the defendant allegedly transferred N20 million ($73,000) to a foreign account while serving as governor of Kwara state. The first prosecution witness, Micheal Wetkas revealed this while reading count 11 of... Read More

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APC, CCB, CCT, Danladi Umar, Saraki, Tribunal, Wetkas

April 20, 2016

Senate suspends amendment of CCT/CCB Act

The Nigerian Senate, during the close door session of Wednesday, April 20, suspended the plan to amend Section 3 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. On April 14, the Senate had initiated a bill to amend a section of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act in a move alleged to... Read More

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April 20, 2016

Saraki begs court to disqualify CCT Chairman as trial judge

In a bid to stall the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Senate President Bukola Saraki has reportedly filed another application at the tribunal seeking to disqualify the Chairman, Danladi Umar. Saraki is on trial for 13 counts of false declaration of assets at the CCT. Saraki has had his many... Read More

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CCT, Justice, law, Saraki, senate, Umar Danladi

April 20, 2016

‘Justice Danladi will ignore your invitation’ | In 6 quotes, SERAP schools Nigerian Senate

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the unconstitutional summon for Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before the Ethics Committee of the Nigerian Senate. From a statement released by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni, we’ve culled 6 succinct quotes. 1. “There is clearly no suggestion... Read More

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April 19, 2016

CCT trial: EFCC investigator knows little about evidence against Saraki

Micheal Wetkas, the first prosecution witness presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal revealed on Tuesday, April 19, that he knows nothing about the contents of the petition submitted as evidence against the defendant. The said petition marked ‘Exhibit 11’... Read More

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April 19, 2016

‘Saraki failed to declare houses in Lagos, Abuja and UK’ | 6 new things we learned yesterday

More revelations into the alleged corrupt dealings of Senate President Bukola Saraki came to light, on Monday, during his false assets declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. According to the first prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, Saraki had failed to declare houses owed by him in Ikoyi, Lagos, Abuja and in the UK. Wetkas... Read More

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April 19, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Why the Senate should ammend the CCB act now

The current trial of the Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over assets declaration has attracted attention and controversies from among Nigerians, not necessarily because the senate president is on trial but because many see the trial as one of the many steps which the ruling party on whose platform Saraki... Read More

CCB, CCT, Code of Conduct, Presidency, Saraki, Tinubu

April 19, 2016

Nigerian Senators fight back, summon CCT judge over corruption allegations

Nigerian Senators appear to be fighting the battle of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who is on trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false declaration of assets and fraud. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Monday, April 19 directed the CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar to appear before it... Read More

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April 18, 2016

Bayo Oluwasanmi: As Saraki consults the Witch of Endor

Though Bukola Abiku Mesujamba Saraki has men to guard him, he’s afraid to close his eyes at night lest he’ll be overtaken. Some days are worse than others. Last Friday was the worst. How he longs for a miracle or magic to shatter the darkness and pronounce that he has no case to answer. But... Read More

Bukola, CCB, CCT, Fiction, opinion, Saraki, Tribunal

April 18, 2016

How Saraki purchased N552m Ikoyi property in 7 tranches

As the Code of Conduct Tribunal trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, resumed on Monday, the first prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, continuing his testimony, revealed how Saraki allegedly bought a property at 17, Mcdonald Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, and paid in 7 tranches. The said property, the prosecution stated, was not included in the asset declaration... Read More

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April 18, 2016

‘This tribunal will not wait for anybody’ | Saraki’s trial to hold daily

As the trial of Bukola Saraki resumed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday, April 18, a group of protesters stationed themselves around different parts of Jabi District of Abuja – on the road leading to the CCT – in a show of support for the embattled Senate President. Saraki is on trial at... Read More

CCT, corruption, Fraud, Justice, Saraki, Tribunal, witchhunt

April 17, 2016

‘APC decided Saraki’s fate even before his trial started’ – Timi Frank

The embattled Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has lambasted the National Chairman of the party, John Oyegun, for saying that the ruling party was prepared to lose the Senate Presidency. Frank noted that the statement of the chairman showed that the APC had already decided the outcome of... Read More

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APC, Oyegun, Saraki, timi frank

April 17, 2016

More woes for Saraki as APC Senators unite

Senate President Bukola Saraki, from all indications, appears to be fighting a losing battle with the Code of Conduct Bureau following the refusal of a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop his trial at the Tribunal. Saraki’s chances seems to have dwindled further as reports of a divide within the rank of his prominent... Read More

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APC, Buhari, Code of Conduct, PDP, Saraki, Tinubu

April 15, 2016

Senate President, Bukola Saraki loses in court, again

Senate President Bukola Saraki has lost another bid to stop the Code of Conduct Tribunal from trying him for alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki, a member of the All Progressives Congress has been embattled by the allegations of falsity in the assets declaration form he filled while he was governor of Kwara state 13... Read More

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CCT, corruption, False asset declaration, Justice, law, Saraki, Senate President, trial

April 15, 2016

‘Senate’s plot to amend CCT, CCB Act is devilish and naive’ | Falana and Sagay react (READ)

Prominent Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday, decried the move by the Nigerian Senate to amend the Act that set up the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal. It would be recalled that a bill to amend... Read More

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April 14, 2016

Senate makes major progress on new law that can help Saraki’s CCT trial

What can be described as a miracle took place at the National Assembly on Thursday, April 14, when a bill for the amendment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act went through second reading on the floor of the Senate barely 48 hours after it was first read. If anything, the Nigerian Senate... Read More

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CCB, CCT, NASS, national assembly, Saraki, senate, Tinubu

April 10, 2016

‘Nigerians are being misled’ | Lawmaker says Presidency lied about re-padded budget

Following the rejection of the 2016 budget which came from the National Assembly to the Presidency -by President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged ‘re-padding’, a member of the House of Representatives has come forward with explanations. Following the public backlash and criticism of the NASS over the alleged padding, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin... Read More

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budget, Buhari, House of Assembly, NASS, Presidency, Saraki

April 10, 2016

Opinion: The enemies of Nigeria’s security

The greatest threat to the security of the Nigerian nation is the Nigerian state. This formulation is so paradoxical and oxymoronic that it can only be offered in times of extreme stress or when everything is out of joint and a nation has its back to the wall. This is because the principal reason for... Read More

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April 9, 2016

‘Saraki, with his baggage of corruption, once again, tops the charts in the Panama Papers’

Anti-corruption group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has described Senate President, Bukola Saraki has a disgrace to Nigeria, for ‘topping the charts’ in the Panama Papers leak and also for his ongoing false asset declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The group called on the Senate President to resign and face prosecution, while... Read More

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CACOL, CCT, Panama Papers, Saraki

April 8, 2016

Panama Papers: ‘Saraki should resign’

A group, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has called for the resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki over his involvement in the growing international Panama Paper scandal and revelations made during his false asset declaration trial. TMG, which is a coalition of more than 400 civic societies, in a statement called on Saraki to resign his... Read More

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Resign, Saraki, TMG

April 6, 2016

Impeaching Saraki is ‘a figment of the imagination’

Proponents of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, have described his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has an ‘attempt to blackmail him and make him look bad in the court of public opinion’. Saraki is being tried on a 13-count charge of alleged false asset declaration levelled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau.... Read More

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April 6, 2016

Witness reveals how Saraki purchased UK property with loan

The prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki for false asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal continued on Wednesday, with the tendering of bank documents to the court by Micheal Wetkas. Wetkas, who is the first prosecution witness in the trial is an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The prosecuting lawyer,... Read More

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April 6, 2016

Saraki at the CCT… with the remaining supporting Senators (PHOTOS)

Following the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration, the Senate President, on Tuesday, arrived at the court premises with a slew of senators. Since the commencement of his trial, Saraki had always been accompanied by a gang of senators, in a show of solidarity. While the number... Read More

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April 6, 2016

Loyalty deficiency: 19 Senators present… as Saraki’s trial starts

The second court session is ongoing, at the trial of Senate President, Bukola Sraaki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki is being tried on a 13-count charge of false assets declaration and corruption – discovered in documents submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau during his tenure as Kwara State Governor. The Senate President... Read More

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April 5, 2016

‘Saraki wired over ‎£1.5m to Fortis Bank for purchase of UK property’ – EFCC

The trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false declaration of assets commenced on Tuesday, April 5. As the court convened, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs presented Michael Wetkas, one of its witnesses before the presiding judge, Danladi Umar, following the insistence of the court that the... Read More

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April 5, 2016

Saraki accompanied by 90 lawyers, 15 Senators to CCT trial

The false assets declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is currently in its seventh session since the commencement of hearings. Saraki, who’s often accompanied to the Conduct Bureau by dozens of Senators, on Tuesday, had 15 of his colleagues in his entourage. Some of the Senators present are... Read More

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90 lawyers, CCT trial, Opinion: Nigerian Senators are dumb, Saraki, senators

April 4, 2016

PDP’s reconciliation moves may offer Saraki a lifeline

Considering his current battles with the All Progressives Congress and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Senate President Bukola Saraki may be offered a way of saving his political career should he end up being convicted by the Tribunal. Saraki is on trial at the CCT for alleged false assets declaration from 13 years ago when... Read More

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April 3, 2016

Opinion: The CCT, Danladi Umar and the real crime of Bukola Saraki

After the Supreme Court decision that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, as presently constituted, has the jurisdiction to try Senate President Bukola Saraki, the case has continued. Since then, several legal luminaries including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN; a former justice of the Supreme Court, Samson Uwaifo; and Mr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, have faulted the apex... Read More

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Key evidence in Saraki’s CCT trial burnt

How Saraki transferred N20m into account with ‘American Express Bank’

Senate suspends amendment of CCT/CCB Act

Saraki begs court to disqualify CCT Chairman as trial judge

‘My trial is borne out of malice’ – Saraki

‘Justice Danladi will ignore your invitation’ | In 6 quotes, SERAP schools Nigerian Senate

CCT trial: EFCC investigator knows little about evidence against Saraki

‘Saraki failed to declare houses in Lagos, Abuja and UK’ | 6 new things we learned yesterday

Jude Ndukwe: Why the Senate should ammend the CCB act now

Nigerian Senators fight back, summon CCT judge over corruption allegations

Bayo Oluwasanmi: As Saraki consults the Witch of Endor

How Saraki purchased N552m Ikoyi property in 7 tranches

‘This tribunal will not wait for anybody’ | Saraki’s trial to hold daily

‘APC decided Saraki’s fate even before his trial started’ – Timi Frank

More woes for Saraki as APC Senators unite

Senate President, Bukola Saraki loses in court, again

‘Senate’s plot to amend CCT, CCB Act is devilish and naive’ | Falana and Sagay react (READ)

Senate makes major progress on new law that can help Saraki’s CCT trial

‘Nigerians are being misled’ | Lawmaker says Presidency lied about re-padded budget

Opinion: The enemies of Nigeria’s security

‘Saraki, with his baggage of corruption, once again, tops the charts in the Panama Papers’

Panama Papers: ‘Saraki should resign’

Impeaching Saraki is ‘a figment of the imagination’

Witness reveals how Saraki purchased UK property with loan

Saraki at the CCT… with the remaining supporting Senators (PHOTOS)

Loyalty deficiency: 19 Senators present… as Saraki’s trial starts

‘Saraki wired over ‎£1.5m to Fortis Bank for purchase of UK property’ – EFCC

Saraki accompanied by 90 lawyers, 15 Senators to CCT trial

PDP’s reconciliation moves may offer Saraki a lifeline

Opinion: The CCT, Danladi Umar and the real crime of Bukola Saraki

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