CCT DISMISSES SARAKI'S APPLICATION ASKING JUDGE TO DISQUALIFY HIMSELF

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has rejected an application by Senate President Bukola Saraki asking the Chairman of the Tribunal to disqualify himself from hearing his trial.

Senator Saraki is standing trial for alleged false assets declaration during his tenure as governor of Kwara state.
While ruling on the application, the Chairman of the Tribunal said he would have disqualified himself "but for the constraints placed on the Chairman by the Constitution of Nigeria that established the Code of Conduct Tribunal."
He said the application to remove the Chairman has not been contemplated at the conception of the Constitution.
He said even for the President to remove the Chairman or a member of the Tribunal, there must a written address from the president to the national assembly and a two-third consent from both chambers of the legislative.
The Chairman stated that "the allegation of the applicant is based on mere conjecture of the media"
Thus, he ruled that "the application of the defendant is not well founded and it is hereby refused".