Saraki to FG: I’m not perturbed by your appeal suit
Saraki to FG: I’m not perturbed by your appeal suit
Senate President Bukola Saraki boasted yesterday that the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging his acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) will go the way of his original trial for false declaration of assets.
Saraki, in his first reaction to the filing of the appeal by the Federal Government, said he was “confident that the verdict at the appellate court would not be different from that of the tribunal as the facts of the case remain the same and the grounds on which the decision of the CCT was based remain unassailable.”
He spoke in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Yusuph Olaniyonu.
“Anybody who has been following the proceedings and the evidence given by the prosecution witnesses during examination in chief and cross examination would know that if presented before any court of justice and law, the same outcome as in the CCT would be arrived at,” Olaniyonu said.
“Those who are running commentary on the ruling by the tribunal and criticizing it are those who are not even familiar with the case and the details coming out of the trial.
“That is why Dr. Saraki continues to wonder how desperate some people in government and their collaborators outside have become to pull him down at all cost and by all means up to the point that they do not care if they destroy the institution of the judiciary in the process.
“That is why they sponsored stories of allegation of bribery in an online publication against the tribunal judges.
“The Senate President seizes this opportunity to call on security agencies to immediately commence investigation on this bribery allegation.”
Saraki wants those who made the allegation to be invited to substantiate their claims.
He cited the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, as one of such people.
Source: The Nation
Senate President Bukola Saraki boasted yesterday that the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging his acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) will go the way of his original trial for false declaration of assets.
Saraki, in his first reaction to the filing of the appeal by the Federal Government, said he was “confident that the verdict at the appellate court would not be different from that of the tribunal as the facts of the case remain the same and the grounds on which the decision of the CCT was based remain unassailable.”
He spoke in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Yusuph Olaniyonu.
“Anybody who has been following the proceedings and the evidence given by the prosecution witnesses during examination in chief and cross examination would know that if presented before any court of justice and law, the same outcome as in the CCT would be arrived at,” Olaniyonu said.
“Those who are running commentary on the ruling by the tribunal and criticizing it are those who are not even familiar with the case and the details coming out of the trial.
“That is why Dr. Saraki continues to wonder how desperate some people in government and their collaborators outside have become to pull him down at all cost and by all means up to the point that they do not care if they destroy the institution of the judiciary in the process.
“That is why they sponsored stories of allegation of bribery in an online publication against the tribunal judges.
“The Senate President seizes this opportunity to call on security agencies to immediately commence investigation on this bribery allegation.”
Saraki wants those who made the allegation to be invited to substantiate their claims.
He cited the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, as one of such people.
Source: The Nation
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