Appeal Court Reserves Judgment On Saraki’s CCT Acquittal

Share

Legal minds on Tuesday said the on-going legal showdown between the Federal Government and President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki over claims of false assets declaration is heading to the Supreme Court for determination.

This is as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment indefinitely in the appeal seeking to quash Saraki’s acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on charges of false assets declaration.

After the parties adopted their briefs of argument on Tuesday, the three-man Appeal Court panel, led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe Wilson, said the court would inform them when its judgment was ready.

According to some senior lawyers, who spoke with Forefront on the case, the legal teams of both parties are already dusting their wigs and books to approach the apex court depending on which sides loses out in the Appeal Court judgment.

The Federal Government, displeased with the CCT’s ruling, had through the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) approached the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment.

After several months of hearing the case with testimonies from witnesses called by the prosecution team, the CCT in its June 14, 2017 ruling discharged and acquitted Senator Saraki on the 18-count charge of false assets declaration, among others.

The two-man CCT panel led by its Chairman, Danladi Umar, upheld Saraki’s no-case submission and maintaining that the prosecution failed to establish the allegations brought against the defendant by CCB.

Similar Posts

Leave a Reply