The acquittal of
the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal last week
will have negative implication for Nigeria’s fight against corruption as well
as jurisprudence on false asset declaration, the presidency told Premium Times on Sunday.
Therefore, the federal government will appeal
the ruling, according to the presidential adviser on prosecution, Okoi
Obono-Obla, who spoke with our correspondent this morning.
“Federal government will definitely appeal
because we will not want that to be Nigeria’s jurisprudence on assets
declaration, and so that a bad precedent will not be set,” said Mr. Obono-Obla.
“If we allow that judgement to stand, it is bye bye to the war against
corruption.”
The CCT had last
week Wednesday cleared Mr. Saraki of false asset declaration, charges
brought against him by the federal government.
The tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, ruled that
the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against Mr. Saraki,
thereby upholding a no-case submission made by the defendant’s counsel, Kanu
Agabi.
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