The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has filed additional grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court to challenge the December 12, 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeal which overturned the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s ruling acquitting him of false assets declaration and other related charges.
According to report gathered Saraki, on January 11, filed seven grounds of appeal, including the four contained in the one originally filed.
In Ground 1 of the notice of appeal, it was said to be a miscarriage of justice” when they held that that the prosecution “proffered credible and admissible evidence to establish the ingredients of the offences” in counts 4, 5 and 6
They also contended that the three counts “did not specify the statements in the assets declaration adjudged to be false having regard to the law under which the charges were laid.
They also contended that the three counts “did not specify the statements in the assets declaration adjudged to be false having regard to the law under which the charges were laid.
They added, “The appellant cannot be called upon to defend charges which are clearly incompetent nor can the Code of Conduct Tribunal be called upon to adjudicate over charges which it has no jurisdiction.”
They contended as another ground that “The lower court erred in law when it held at page 68 of the judgment, thus: ‘In my view the prosecution has proffered credible and admissible evidence to establish the ingredients of the offences in counts 4 and 5 of the further amended charge to warrant the respondents to be called upon to enter his defence’.”
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