One of the
"prophecies" predicted by Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose last
year has come to pass. The governor last year said that the senate president who was
undergoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) - will be absolved (set
free). has dismissed 18-count charges of false asset declaration against Senate
President Bukola Saraki.
Today, the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has dismissed 18-count charges of false asset
declaration against Senate President Bukola Saraki.
On May 4,
the senate president told the tribunal that he would file a no-case submission,
which implies that he is not opening a defence but asking the tribunal to
discharge him of the charges because there is no case against him.
This was
after the prosecution led by Rotimi Jacobs called its final witness and closed
its case.
On
Wednesday, Danladi Umar, chairman of the tribunal, held that the prosecution
did not prove its case against the accused person. He said the testimonies of
four witnesses presented by the prosecution were discredited, and as a result
were unreliable.
He,
therefore, dismissed the case, discharging the senate president of the charges.
The federal
government had brought multiple counts of false asset declaration against
Saraki. But the witnesses it brought to his trial gave contradictory
testimonies.
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