The
Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the acquittal handed to the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over his trial
for false assets declaration.
The
appellate court, in a unanimous judgment of a three-man panel, led by Justice
Tinuade Akomolafe Wilson, ordered Saraki to return to the CCT for the
continuation of his trial for false asset declaration.
The
court held that the prosecution was able to establish a prima facie case
against Saraki in three of the 18 counts brought against him.
The
counts on which Saraki is to enter defence before the CCT, at the resumption of
trial, are 4, 5 and 6 in relation to his alleged failure to declare some houses
he acquired in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The
CCT had on June 14 this year upheld Saraki’s no-case submission and
discharged and acquitted him.
The
Appeal Court, in its judgment, ordered that the case be remitted back to CCT
for Saraki to enter his defence.
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