Appeal court to deliver judgment on Saraki’s CCT trial

- The Court of Appeal are set to deliver judgment on Senate president Bukola Saraki's trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)

- A five-man panel heard the appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT, and reserved for judgment on Thursday, October 6

- The panel are set to deliver the judgment as this will be the second time the appeal court will be delivering judgment on the same subject matter

The Court of Appeal will deliver judgment on the trial of Senate president Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Punch reports.

The panel led by Justice Abdul Aboki heard the appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT, and reserved for judgment on Thursday, October 6.

However, the five-man panel are set to deliver the judgment as this will be the second time the appeal  court will be delivering judgment on the same subject matter.

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the embattled Saraki lodged against his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Vanguard reports that a five-man panel of justices of the appellate court led by Justice Abdul Aboki, agreed to the judgment on the appeal.

This was after the court heard arguments from Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the federal government and Kanu Agabu, lead counsel to Saraki.

He had gone before the appellate court to query the legal propriety of the 16-count criminal charge the federal government entered against him before the CCT.

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He is challenging jurisdiction of the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal to try him on the basis of a charge he said was incompetent and legally defective.

The Senate president who has been undergoing trial since September 22, 2015 was charged with 16 counts of corruption.

Source: Legit.ng