The odds seems to be against Senator Bukola Saraki as there is an ongoing plot to eject him from office by opposing groups.
Bukola Saraki
Indications emerged at the weekend of fresh moves to oust the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki as Chairman of the National Assembly and the country’s number three citizen, following the Supreme Court judgement, which held on Friday that his trial over alleged falsification of assets declaration while holding sway as governor of Kwara State in 2003 by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, should continue, Nigerian Pilot reports.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by Dr Saraki, challenging the validity of his trial on charges of assets declaration preferred against him at the CCT, holding that Saraki’s ground for challenging the trial lacked merit.
A highly placed source in the office of the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC told Nigerian Pilot that, following the judgement on Friday that the Senate President should face his trial at the CCT, the hierarchy of the party has reportedly asked the legal adviser to assist the party with professional legal opinion on the likely scenario that would follow, including resignation and impeachment options against the embattled Senate President.
He said that the party is worried because of the criminal charges which Saraki is facing before the CCT. Already, the Senate Unity Forum, headed by Senator Ahmed Lawan are said have perfected the plot for the removal of embattled Saraki, following the verdict of the apex court.
Spokesman of the SUF, Senator Kabir Marafa during the weekend told journalists that the honourable thing for the senate president to do is to resign his seat in other not be disgraced. In the same vein, a highly placed source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, also a correspondent that the acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu has ordered the review of the case file of the senate president on allegations bordering on corruption, money laundering and fraud.
According to the EFCC source, both Saraki and his wife, Toyin’s case files are currently undergoing what he described as ‘discrete scrutiny’. He further added that as soon as the legal department of the commission gives its final legal opinion on the outcome of the preliminary investigations, if found wanting, he will be called for interactions.