Alleged False Assets Declaration: Saraki’s Trial Stalled
At the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, counsel to the Senate President, Kanu Agabi, told the Tribunal that he had filed a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
According to the motion, Mr Saraki is contending that the Attorney-General of the Federation cannot prosecute him.
Reacting to the application, the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, told the court that the move was a delay tactics and an attempt to scuttle the trial.
According to him, the accused persons knowing fully well that he is the prosecutor, did not serve the application on him, but instead, served the Federal Ministry of Justice, clearly indicating that they did not want the trial to commence.
He urged the court to dismiss the application and go to the business of the day because he was ready for trial with his witnesses and evidence in the Tribunal.
Mr Agabi, however, told the Tribunal to hear his application because it is a matter of law that must be settled before trial can commence.
Having listened to both parties, Chairman of the Tribunal adjourned to March 18, 2016, to hear the motion and also commence with the trial.
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