Senate president Bukola Saraki has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court

The Nigeria Senate President Bukola Saraki has today filed an appeal at the Supreme Court as his fight against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, last month which upheld the decision of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try him charge for his alleged false declaration of assets. While he was the then governor of Kwara state.

The Court of Appeal had on October 30th ruled that The C.C.T. had the jurisdiction to try the senate president, as provided for and defined by The Constitution..

In his appeal, as filed by his lead counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN) on his behalf. Before The Supreme Court today, The Senate president raised seven grounds of appeal in his notice in which he asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal, the entire proceedings of the C.C.T. and the charges preferred against him before the tribunal.

This appeal and application for stay of proceedings filed may not affect proceedings before the C.C.T. tomorrow. As the Supreme Court will most likely not sit before then to consider any of the filed documents.