The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday withdrew a motion on notice filed at the Court of Appeal praying it to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal pending the determination of his appeal.
The motion was withdrawn on Monday by Saraki’s lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN).
Agabi, however, did not state any reason for the decision to withdraw the motion.
Although the motion was slated for hearing, Agabi informed the court that he was withdrawing it.
He apologised to the court for making the justices to go through the voluminous processes he filed in respect of the appeal only for him to withdraw.
The presiding Judge, Justice Abdul Aboki, subsequently struck out the motion.
Meanwhile, no date has been fixed for hearing of the substantive appeal.
Justice Aboki said the adjourned date will be communicated to parties in the matter as soon as all the court processes have been filed and exchanged by the parties.
In the substantive appeal, Saraki is challenging his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on the ground that due process was not followed before the 13-count charge were slammed on him.
Among others, Saraki is contending he was not invited by the Code of Conduct Bureau to make any statement on the alleged discrepancies in the assets declaration forms he submitted to the CCB as required by law before he was arraigned before the Tribunal.
Saraki withdraws petition seeking to stop CCT trial at Appeal Court
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