The Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, yesterday, approached the Supreme Court, in a plea to halt the proceeding of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
The CCT will tomorrow, Thursday, continue with the trial of Saraki over allegations of false assets declaration preferred against him by the Federal Government.
The Appeal court had on October 30, upheld the criminal charge against him, Saraki is therefore praying the apex court to set aside the judgement.
He urged the Supreme Court to halt further proceeding on the allegation against him pending the determination of the appeal he formally lodged before it yesterday.
In an appeal he filed through his team of lawyers headed by J.B Daudu (SAN), Saraki prayed for “An order staying further proceedings in Charge No: CCT/ABJ/01/2015 between Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki fixed for hearing on November 5 and 6, 2015 pending the determination of the appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated October 30, 2015.”
Saraki stated the appellate court erred in law when it affirmed the competence of the proceedings of the CCT, which sat on the appellant’s case with only two members as against the three provided for in the provisions of Paragraph 15 (1) of the Fifth Schedule to the 1999 Constitution.