Conduct Tribunal adjourns Sarakis trial indefinitely
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reported by channels tv2 the trial of senate president bukola saraki at the code of conduct tribunal cct has been adjourned indefinitely1 he said the tribunal would await the decision of the supreme court on the appeals filed by both saraki and the federal government1 saraki is being tried on three of the 18 count-charge for false declaration of assets1 umar gave the ruling after listening to the addresses of both the defence and prosecuting lawyers1 in his address the prosecuting counsel mr rotimi jacobs urged the tribunal to proceed with taking the final address from the parties in the suit1 chairman of the tribunal mr. danladi umar announced the adjournment in a short ruling on the resumption of trial in abuja today1 however counsel to the senate president mr kanu agabi urged the tribunal to be mindful of the dignity of the supreme court and prayed for an indefinite adjournment1 agreeing with the defence counsel the cct chairman held that the tribunal has decided to tarry awhile so that the integrity of supreme court would not be played with1 the tribunal will adjourn this matter sine die pending the outcome of the appeals at the supreme court he added1 on tuesday last week the tribunal had adjourned the case till march 8 to hear the final address by the parties in the suit and for its final judgment1 the parties will have to await the decisions of the supreme court to proceed with the rest of the trial1 he based his request on the fact that the defence had already opened and closed their case and the tribunal had adjourned for the adoption of final addresses1