– Senator Bukola Saraki said he has lost his memory
– The Senate president said he is finding it difficult to remember all the charges brought against him by the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
– Nigeria’s number three citizen will be at the CCT for the continuation of the hearing of the alleged corrupt case against him on Friday, March 18
Bukola Saraki said his memory is failing him, as he can not specifically recollect all the number of charges of false assets declaration leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Dr Bukola Saraki, the Senate president during his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal
The Senate president stated he could not take count of the charges, which he was alleged to have committed between five and more than 13 years ago, while he was the governor of Kwara state.
The challenges the embattled leader of the upper chambers is facing, was written in an affidavit, which he himself attested to, in a fresh application, urging that all charges against him by the CCT, should be rendered null and avoid. Ditto, he said he should be discharged of all the alleged offenses against him.
As written in the affidavit, Saraki states: “The facts relating to these matters are no longer fresh in my memory quite apart from the fact that I have lost many of my records pertaining to them.”
Saraki’s affidavit was dated Friday, March 4. The fresh application tried to stop the Supreme Court judgement of Saturday, March 5, which directed the CCT to continue his trials. The Senate president was initially arraigned on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 for a 13-count charge of false asset declaration.
Senator Saraki, who said he declared his assets twice, while he served as Kwara state governor between 2003 and 2007, as well as 2007 and 2011, said: “I am not aware of any petitions challenging my declarations, and the bureau (CCB) has never drawn my attention to any. I would promptly have corrected or explained (the reason for) any alleged discrepancies or inconsistencies in my asset declaration had my attention been drawn to them.”
The are calls from some quarters that, the Senate president should save his face now, by resigning, in order to imprint his name on the minds of Nigerians as a credible political leader.
– The Senate president said he is finding it difficult to remember all the charges brought against him by the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
– Nigeria’s number three citizen will be at the CCT for the continuation of the hearing of the alleged corrupt case against him on Friday, March 18
Bukola Saraki said his memory is failing him, as he can not specifically recollect all the number of charges of false assets declaration leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Dr Bukola Saraki, the Senate president during his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal
The Senate president stated he could not take count of the charges, which he was alleged to have committed between five and more than 13 years ago, while he was the governor of Kwara state.
The challenges the embattled leader of the upper chambers is facing, was written in an affidavit, which he himself attested to, in a fresh application, urging that all charges against him by the CCT, should be rendered null and avoid. Ditto, he said he should be discharged of all the alleged offenses against him.
As written in the affidavit, Saraki states: “The facts relating to these matters are no longer fresh in my memory quite apart from the fact that I have lost many of my records pertaining to them.”
Saraki’s affidavit was dated Friday, March 4. The fresh application tried to stop the Supreme Court judgement of Saturday, March 5, which directed the CCT to continue his trials. The Senate president was initially arraigned on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 for a 13-count charge of false asset declaration.
Senator Saraki, who said he declared his assets twice, while he served as Kwara state governor between 2003 and 2007, as well as 2007 and 2011, said: “I am not aware of any petitions challenging my declarations, and the bureau (CCB) has never drawn my attention to any. I would promptly have corrected or explained (the reason for) any alleged discrepancies or inconsistencies in my asset declaration had my attention been drawn to them.”
The are calls from some quarters that, the Senate president should save his face now, by resigning, in order to imprint his name on the minds of Nigerians as a credible political leader.
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