CCT shifts hearing in cases involving Saraki, Orubebe
Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:43:am National
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The trial of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on false assets declaration and ruling in his motion seeking disqualification of the Chairman Mr Danladi Umar from further participating in his trial billed to be delivered today has been shifted till September.
The Tribunal prosecuting Saraki had fixed today for ruling in a motion on notice filed by the Senate President, seeking disqualification of the CCT chairman, from further participating in the trial on the ground of bias and making of prejudicial statement in the course of trial.
However yesterday, the Public Relations Officer of the tribunal, Alh Ibrahim Alhassan, in a press statement announced that the tribunal will not sit until September, due to the ongoing yearly vacation of courts and tribunals across the country.
The press statement did not however, give a specific date the trial and the ruling will resume in September but Alhassan hinted that the date would be fixed as soon as the tribunal returns from vacation, and that parties would be duly communicated on a new date.
Aside Saraki, others who are also to wait till September to know their fates in the charges of false assets declaration brought against them by the Federal Government, include former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, whose judgment had earlier been fixed for July 19.
The Tribunal prosecuting Saraki had fixed today for ruling in a motion on notice filed by the Senate President, seeking disqualification of the CCT chairman, from further participating in the trial on the ground of bias and making of prejudicial statement in the course of trial.
However yesterday, the Public Relations Officer of the tribunal, Alh Ibrahim Alhassan, in a press statement announced that the tribunal will not sit until September, due to the ongoing yearly vacation of courts and tribunals across the country.
The press statement did not however, give a specific date the trial and the ruling will resume in September but Alhassan hinted that the date would be fixed as soon as the tribunal returns from vacation, and that parties would be duly communicated on a new date.
Aside Saraki, others who are also to wait till September to know their fates in the charges of false assets declaration brought against them by the Federal Government, include former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, whose judgment had earlier been fixed for July 19.
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