Going by the new reports, Bukola Saraki has been dealt a
fatal blow in his ongoing trial as Justice R. Mohammed of the Federal High
Court in Abuja has withdrawn from his case. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, of the Federal High Court, Abuja,
who heard Senate President Bukola Saraki’s ex parte application to stop the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has withdrawn from the case.
The judge, in returning the case file to the CJN on Wednesday,
cited “negative reports” on the case as informing his decision. It would be recalled that Saraki late on September 17 had
approached Mohammed to give an order halting his trial by the CCT for alleged
corruption and false declaration of assets.
The judge ordered the parties to the case – the CCT, and
the ministry of justice – to appear before him on September 21. Saraki’s
lawyers interpreted the order to mean the suspension of their client’s trial at
the CCT.
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