Court Ruling: Senate President Saraki Loses Appeal To Stop CCT Trial

The Nigeria's Court Of Appeal has today rules that the Senate President, Senator Olubukola Abubakar Saraki’s trial should proceed. Hence, the appeal court sitting in Abuja dismissed an appeal brought before it by Saraki to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Appeal court on Friday, October 30, 2015 dismissed the argument of Saraki that the CCT was not a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the criminal charges preferred against him.

 “The CCT is a court of criminal jurisdiction, albeit limited jurisdiction, stated the court in its judgement today.

According to the Judgment statement: “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.”