Tag: Code of Conduct Tribunal
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FG appeals Saraki’s acquittal, says judgment unreasonable
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, filed 11 grounds notice of appeal against the June 14, 2017 judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT which acquitted Senate President Bukola Saraki of 18 counts of false asset declaration and other related offences. The charges were preferred against Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, in September…
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Appeal Court overrules CCT, voids Orubebe’s conviction
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, nullified the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, which found former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, guilty of allegation that he falsely declared his assets in 2007. In a unanimous judgement, a three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led…
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Saraki asks tribunal to dismiss false asset declaration charge
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki pointedly told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to dismiss the false assets declaration charges brought against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja by the Federal Government on the ground that no prima facie case has been established against him. He told the tribunal that…