Following the ruling
of Nigeria’s apex court – The Supreme Court, that the Code of Conduct Tribunal
(CCT) should go ahead with its case against Senate president, Bukola Saraki, the CCT has expressed its joy and
willingness to go ahead with the case.
Speaking with The Cable, the spokesman of the CCT, Ibrahim
Alhassan, said the chairman of the tribunal and a member would study today’s
judgement and fix a date for the resumption of Saraki’s trial.
He said: ”The trial will continue from where
it stopped. We just have to respect the judgment of the supreme court at
that time it ruled we should stay action, and we did stay action.
”The expectation was for us to wait until the determination of
the case which happened today”.
Speaking on when the trial will likely commence, Alhassan said:“It is not an individual decision.
The chairman along with the other member will have to sit down and study
the scenario and decide on a date the trial will continue.
“Certainly, I assure you the case will continue. What stalled it
was the order of supreme court, but now it has given us the go ahead.
“We must be happy. It is all about the institution of the CCT,
and not about an individual. If the judgment had gone the other way round, our
jurisdiction would have been stunted, and we will not have the capacity to
continue with our tasks. Everybody should be happy, especially now that we are
in the era of fighting corruption.”
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