The
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has described the ongoing false asset
declaration trial he is facing at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, as being
more of persecution than an actual fight against corruption.
The
Senate President, who spoke on Friday in Lagos during the Social Media Week,
insisted that he will not resign from his position as the Senate President
despite calls for him to do so.
While
responding to why he has remained as Senate President despite the corruption
allegations against him, Saraki said, “It is not a fight against corruption; it
is more about being persecuted.”
Come
March 10, the Senate President will return to the Danladi Umar-led CCT for the
continuation of his trial on a 13-count charge of false assets declaration and
corruption.
This
was after the Supreme Court gave the tribunal a nod to continue the case.
Saraki
had last June gone against the wishes of the leadership of his party – the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC – to emerge the Senate President. He was
able to achieve this through the support of PDP members in the Senate.
See some of the things he said as tweeted by Writer, Dolapo Aina, Channels TV's Seun Okinbaloye and others after the cut...
