Posted on: 01:13 Fri, 30 Oct 2015



The Court of Appeal has ruled that
the trial of Senate President, Bukola
Saraki at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal, is in order and should
proceed.

Justice Moore Adumen, on Thursday
morning, read the verdict of the
three man panel, stating that the
Code of Conduct Tribunal, was
properly constituted.

The ruling of the court went thus:
“The CCT is a court of criminal
jurisdiction, albeit limited
jurisdiction.”

“The immediate question is whether
it is a court or not. There is no
inherent difference between a court
and a tribunal. The only difference
is that tribunals in most cases handle
special cases.

The tribunal has power to impose
sanctions according to the law. It is a
court with specific criminal
jurisdiction.”