Date: 2016-04-18

Irked by what it described as persecution of Kwara political leader, the G-20 Kwara Youth Association has berated the process of trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

In a statement signed by the co-ordinator of G-20 Kwara Youth Association, Mr M. J. Alli Baba, the whole process of trial, ranging from the witness and the conduct of the Justice Danladi-led crew, was a ruse and full of mischief.

Alli Baba said: "From all indications, the process was like a script acting; why was an asset declared as far back as 2003 now suddenly become an issue for litigation 13 years after? Why has the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) issued certificates of compliance to Dr Saraki on subsequent declarations in 2007, 2011 and 2015 when it knew of alledged infractions in the 2003 declarations? Why is it that only Dr Saraki was singled out among the 2003 class of governors who equally declared their assets and got certified? All these put a question mark on the integrity of the process. These are genuine questions that point to one thing, "the CCT trial is tainted by political vendetta."

The G-20 co-ordinator queried that if another party chieftain was freed and was never recalled under the same law, why the chase of shadow in the issue of Saraki?

He warned that the All Progressives Congressives (APC) should thread the path of caution as such may consume the party; more importantly, when the personality involved was one of those that added value to the party during the campaign that brought APC to power.

Alli Baba declared that the nation was tottering on the precipice of economic crunch, adding that the three arms of the government must not be divided to collectively fashion out solutions to the prevailing circumstances.

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