The appeal filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki
challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try him for
charges of false declaration of assets has been dismissed by Appeal Court in
Abuja on Thursday.
The Justice Abdul-Aboki panel affirmed the jurisdiction of
the tribunal to try Saraki, insisting that the Attorney General of the
Federation had the power to drag him before the CCT. The panel said the
Attorney General of the Federation had the power to drag him before the CCT.
The court also said charges can be instituted against
appellate before inviting him. Justice Aboki also said the charges remain valid
even though they were instituted 12 years later.
The court had last year struck out an appeal challenging the
CCT’s jurisdiction to try Saraki for false declaration of assets.
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