SARAKI
PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FRESHCORRUPTION CHARGE
he Federal Government, on Thursday,
re-arraigned the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of
Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, on an amended 18-count corruption charge.
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Saraki pleaded not guilty to the fresh charge, even as the
tribunal headed by Justice Danladi Umar, gave the third prosecution witness,
PW-3, Mr. Samuel Madujemu the nod to narrate how FG uncovered discrepancies in
assets he declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB.
The witness is the Chief Admin Officer at the CCB. He was
the head of investigation Division under the Department of Intelligence,
Investigation and Monitoring, that joined the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, to probe Saraki’s assets.
It will be recalled that the Senate President was initially
docked before the tribunal on September 22, 2015, on a 13-count charge. He was
latter re-arraigned on April 28, 2016 after FG increased allegations against
him to 16 counts.
FG had alleged that the defendant made false/anticipatory
declaration of assets, operated foreign accounts while in office as Kwara State
governor between 2003 and 2011, as well as collected governorship salary four
years after his tenure had elapsed.
In the amended charge that was read to the defendant on
Thursday, FG, alleged that he had while in office as governor of Kwara state in
2007, failed to declare his interest in No. 15 Mc Donald, Ikoyi, Lagos, a
property he acquired in 2006 through a company, Tiny Tee Limited for the sum of
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