The Code of Conduct
Tribunal on Friday, March 18 adjourned the case brought against Senate
President, Bukola Saraki till Thursday march 24.
The
tribunal led by Justice Danladi Umar fixed the date after taking arguments for
and against the motion.
HE was represented by
80 lawyers, among whom six Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN).
Saraki’s lawyer,
Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), argued that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to
entertain the charges.
His argument was
based on the grounds that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice lacked the powers to file charges before the tribunal.
Meanwhile
counsel to the federal government, Rotimi Jacobs, argued that the motion was
not ready for hearing and the application should have come at the end of the
trial, and not at the beginning.
Saraki has been
charged with 13 counts of false declaration of asset while he was governor of
kwara state.