In a desperate bid to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has filed another application before the Tribunal, to stop his ongoing trial on charges of alleged false asset declaration.
Dr Saraki is asking the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from the suit.
Punch reports that in the fresh motion filed before the CCT on Tuesday, the Senate President is asking Umar to disqualify himself from the trial on the basis that the tribunal chairman is allegedly under criminal investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He alleged in the motion that Umar would likely be biased in the handling of his trial since the EFCC which is allegedly leading the prosecution of the Senate President before the CCT is also investigating the tribunal chairman.
The application was filed before the CCT by Mr. Raphael Oluyede, who has not been part of Saraki’s defence team before the CCT.
Oluyede was the lawyer who filed the case seeking to stop Saraki’s trial but which was dismissed by Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
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