BEVERLY HILLS, June 01, (THEWILL) – Proceedings in the trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, could not hold on Wednesday following the request by the prosecution for an adjournment of the case.
The Federal Government is prosecuting Saraki on 16 counts bordering on false and anticipatory asset declaration in his asset declaration forms which he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, between 2003 and 2011 when he served as Governor of Kwara State.
On May 25, the CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar adjourned the trial to June 1 for the continuation of cross-examination of the prosecution witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas.
But the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs SAN asked for an adjournment of the trial because of the need for the prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, who is still under cross-examination by the defence to testify in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido.
The Punch learnt that Wetkas’ testimony in Lamido’s case before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja had been deferred several times due to his continued absence in the trial.
The newspaper reports that Jacobs sent a letter to the registry of the tribunal on Wednesday morning requesting the adjournment and applying that further trial dates in the case be fixed for June 7, 8 and 9. However, the Danladi Umar-led tribunal is yet to decide on a new date for the resumption of proceedings.
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