CCT halts Saraki's trial, goes on vacation
Tue Jul 12, 2016 02:49:pm National
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The Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon Danladi Yakubu Umar, on Tuesday adjourned all sittings scheduled for this week and those to come within July and August till after the resumption from recess to be embarked by the Tribunal's Judges soon.
The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC).
This was revealed in a statement by the CCT through its head, press and publications Ibraheem Al-hassan, on Tuesday said the trial would not proceed.
"The Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon Danladi Yakubu Umar, on Tuesday adjourned all sittings scheduled for this week and those to come within July and August till after the resumption from recess to be embarked by the Tribunal's Judges soon," read a statement by of the tribunal, the statement reads.
"The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC)."
Al-hassan however assured litigants currently with cases before the court that they would have their new dates shortly after the vacation in September 2016.
"The Tribunal regrets the pains caused by the sudden change," he said.
He however, assured litigants currently with cases before the court, would have their new dates shortly after the vacation; September, 2016, which would be communicated to them, appropriately.
The Tribunal regrets the pains caused by the sudden change.
The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC).
This was revealed in a statement by the CCT through its head, press and publications Ibraheem Al-hassan, on Tuesday said the trial would not proceed.
"The Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon Danladi Yakubu Umar, on Tuesday adjourned all sittings scheduled for this week and those to come within July and August till after the resumption from recess to be embarked by the Tribunal's Judges soon," read a statement by of the tribunal, the statement reads.
"The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC)."
Al-hassan however assured litigants currently with cases before the court that they would have their new dates shortly after the vacation in September 2016.
"The Tribunal regrets the pains caused by the sudden change," he said.
He however, assured litigants currently with cases before the court, would have their new dates shortly after the vacation; September, 2016, which would be communicated to them, appropriately.
The Tribunal regrets the pains caused by the sudden change.
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