Not exact matches
The Code
of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has began trial
of former Minister
of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe
on Monday in Abuja over alleged four count charge
of false declaration of assets and acceptance
of about N70million bribe.
Count two: «That you Godsday Peter Orubebe, while being a Minister
of Federal Republic
of Nigeria in charge
of Ministry
of Niger Delta Affairs,
on or about June 29, 2011 did make a
false declaration in your
asset declaration form by failing to declare plot 2059 Asokoro district, Abuja
on assumption
of office
on September 26, 2007 and
on June 29, 2011 and you thereby committed an offence under section 15
of the CCB & T Act, and punishable under section 23 (2)
of the CCB & T Act.
Although the EFCC in two separate letters to the Federal Government through the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation had in 2015 and 2016 cleared Umar
of any wrongdoing in the alleged N10 million bribery allegation made against him by a defendant, Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi standing trial before him
on false asset declaration.
Mohammed is being prosecuted by the Commission
on a six - count charge bordering
on alleged
false declaration of asset and graft.
He pleaded not guilty to 13 - count charges
of false declaration of assets, and said he was
on trial because
of his emergence as senate president against the wish
of certain people.
A fresh application filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki seeking an order
of interim injunction halting his trial
on charges
of false assets declaration preferred against him before the Code
of Conduct Tribunal has been opposed by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's ruling
on Friday, which dismissed his appeal to stop his trial at the Code
of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), over alleged
false assets declaration, while the Governor
of Kwara State.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has told the Code
of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to dismiss the
false assets declaration charges brought against him at the Code
of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja by the Federal Government
on the ground that no prima facie case has been established against him.
In a statement
on Wednesday, Ozekhome said, «The Code
of conduct tribunal headed by Mr Danladi Umar (not Justice Umar, as always erroneously reported), was bold, courageous and right, in spite
of visible executive interference and manipulation, to have discharged and acquitted Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki,
on all the counts
of false declaration of assets levelled against him.
Saraki is being prosecuted before
on charges
of false asset declaration, operating and maintaining
of foreign accounts and other
asset - related infractions while he was governor between 2003 and 2011.
A Federal Capital Territory, High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to remand into prison custody pending the determination
of a bail application by the Ex - FCT minister Bala Mohammed who has been arraigned over a 6 - count charge bordering
on abuse
of office,
false declaration of assets and fraud to the tune
of N864million.
This immunity initiative is coming
on the heels
of the trial
of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki
on 13 counts
of false assets declaration before the Code
of Conduct Tribunal, thus suggesting that the two may not be unconnected.
The Supreme Court
on Thursday ordered stay
of proceedings
of the trial
of Senate President Bukola Saraki before the Code
of Conduct Tribunal
on 13 counts
of false assets declaration.
Saraki's appeal filed through his lead counsel, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), is challenging the majority judgment
of the Court
of Appeal in Abuja delivered
on October 30, 2015, which affirmed the jurisdiction
of the CCT to try him and the competence
of the charges
of false assets declaration preferred against him by the Federal Government.
The Supreme Court will
on Friday determine whether or not to stop the trial
of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code
of Conduct Tribunal
on charges
of false assets declaration.
The Federal Government is prosecuting Saraki before the Umar - led CCT
on 16 counts
of false asset declaration which he allegedly made between 2003 and 2011 when he served as Kwara State Governor.
In a statement
on Wednesday, Ozekhome said, «The CCT was bold, courageous and right, in spite
of visible executive interference and manipulation, to have discharged and acquitted Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki,
on all the counts
of false declaration of assets levelled against him.
Saraki, who was facing trial
on an 18 count charges
of false asset declaration and other related offences levelled against him, was however, acquitted.
Some also believed that this led to the «sudden» trial
of the Senate President by the Code
of Conduct Tribunal,
on allegations that Saraki made
false declaration of his
assets while being the governor
of Kwara State between 2003 and 2007 for his first term, between 2007 and 2011 for his second term, and as a senator from 2011 to 2015.