Saraki: 5 Things We Learned from Yesterday’s Court of Appeal (Non)-Ruling By Oluwaseyi David Tosin

On September 11, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) slammed Senate President Bukola Saraki with a groundless 13-count charge that is allegedly based on false asset declaration dated back to 2003.


Dr. Bukola Saraki who felt his rights were being trampled on decided to seek for justice and fair hearing at The Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal but he was turned down and sent back to the cold and politically motivated hands of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Bukola Saraki then filed an appeal challenging the legality of his arraignment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal at the Court of Appeal. Monday, 19th of October was then fixed for the final ruling on the case, but with the way events unfolded yesterday at the Court of Appeal, we cannot help but see five (5) things  learned from that (non)-ruling:

1.    Due to the legal inconsistencies the case against Saraki was founded, it was evident that the court would rule in his favor and halting every further hearing by the CCT and not allowing the anti-corruption war to be used as a tool in the hands of some political godfathers to further perpetrate corrupt activities.

2.    It was also noticed that the government attorney, Rotimi Williams was absent at the court hearing yesterday. Isn’t it evident that the attorney had prior knowledge of the court ruling and therefore decided not to show up?

3.    The President of the Court of Appeal is also under enormous pressure from certain powerblocs stemming from the North-Western part of the country to rule against Saraki despite the overwhelming legal evidence in his favor on the technicality of the case.

4.    With all the strings being pulled back stage by the puppet masters, it is crystal clear that this case is not a legal matter or a corruption case but a sponsored vendetta against Senate President Bukola Saraki for emerging as Senate President.

5.    It is sad to see how the rule of law can be easily manipulated by some manipulative and controlling set of people to achieve certain aims.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki was found worthy by his Distinguished Colleagues of the Nigerian Senate and therefore voted in to represent them as their President; if the lawmakers found Saraki worthy of upholding the Senate Leadership, why should some people out of steep greed go out of their way, and manipulating people in the process just to get him out?

It is high time oppression and bullying of Senate President Bukola Saraki and the entire people of Nigeria stopped!