Saraki's lawyers stage a walkout to protest CCT ruling
Lawyers to Senate President Bukola Saraki walked out on the two-man panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on Thursday in protest against a ruling that the trial of the helmsman of the National Assembly must continue despite his appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the jurisdiction of the tribunal to entertain the case.
A counsel for Saraki, Mr. Mahmud Magaji (SAN), who announced the walkout on behalf of the defence team, described the tribunal’s ruling as judicial rascality.
Other SANs in the defence team, Saka Isau and Ahmed Raji, also followed suit, as they led about 30 junior lawyers, who accompanied them to proceedings, out of the court room.
The tribunal had ruled that the prayer by Saraki’s lawyer for an adjournment could not be granted in view of the provisions of the new Administration Criminal Justice Act.
The CCT has adjourned till November 19 for trial.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Saka Saadu Kunbi Titiloye Monthly Sanitation Exercise Amoyo Alfa Belgore Bello John Olanrewaju Orire Aminu Adisa Logun Mufutau Olatinwo Madawaki Susan Modupe Oluwole Salihu Ajia Babatunde Ishola Babaita Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Moshood Bakare Edret Sabi Abel Lanre Olosunde Olatunji Moronfoye Musa Aibinu Muritala Olarewaju Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria Ahmed Bolaji Nagode Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Yusuf Amuda Aluko Afeyin-Olukuta Mustapha Olanipekun Garba Dogo Ayoade Akinnibosun Yemi Sanni Kumbi Titilope Osuwa Kwara State Television (KWTV) Umar Gunu Muazam Nayaya Moro Abdulbaqi Jimoh Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Computer Based Test Paul Odama Kwara Central TVC Female National Debate Ayobami Seriki Idris Garba Afonja Oba Abu Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja T And K FOODS Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Yusuf Amuda Gobir Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Minister Saka Adeyemo Gobir Titus Suberu-Ajibola Abdulquowiyu Olododo Afetu Of Alabe Amina El-Imam Omotosho Okanlawon Musa Kola Bukoye Ilorin Curfew Pacify Labs College Of Health Lotus Bank Yahaya Dumoye Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Emir Of Ilorin Mansur Alfanla Kwara Politics Tunde Yusuf Kwara Basketball Association Arinola Lawal