The Court of Appeal in
Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, seeking
to quash corruption charges brought by the Code of Conduct Bureau against him.
The appeal court ruled
Friday, upholding the authority of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try Mr.
Saraki.
Mr. Saraki is facing a
13-count charge of alleged false declaration of assets and corruption.
Mr Saraki, on denial of
the charges, had challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal and had asked the
Court of Appeal to nullify the trial which is set to begin in November.
The Court of Appeal ruled
that the “The CCT is a court of criminal jurisdiction, albeit limited
jurisdiction”.
It added: “There is no
inherent difference between a court and a tribunal. The only difference is that
tribunals in most cases handle special cases”.
The three-member panel of
judges, led by Moore Adumein, also affirmed that the tribunal was properly
constituted
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