SENATE President Bukola Saraki yesterday filed an appeal challenging the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, which ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest and bring him before the tribunal on Monday. In his ground of appeal, Saraki, through his counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), submitted that the tribunal erred in law and also acted without jurisdiction by assuming jurisdiction over the criminal trial of the appellant at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for a charge which is being challenged at the Federal High Court.
Despite the notice from the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, for the Code of Conduct Bureau to appear before it on Monday to explain why it must go on with his trial over false and improper declaration of assets allegedly acquired during his tenure as governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday ordered Saraki’s arrest for not showing up at the trial, which had been slated for yesterday.
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, who issued a bench warrant against the Senate President, ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other relevant security agencies to arrest Saraki for failing to appear before the tribunal to face a 13-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Federal Ministry of Justice.
The order of arrest is also coming in spite of the efforts of Saraki’s team of lawyers, who were at the sitting on his behalf to serve the tribunal with a copy of the ruling of Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, which summoned the Ministry of Justice to appear on Monday to explain why the trial should go on.
Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/saraki-appeals-tribunals-order-for-his-arrest/
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