In a statement personally signed by him after the judgement of the Supreme Court, which upheld the earlier decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal discharging and acquitting him of all 18 count charge instituted against him, Saraki expressed gratitude to all Nigerians who have supported him since the case commenced three years ago.
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Saraki said this in a statement he personally signed in Abuja on Friday after Supreme Court’s judgment in the asset declaration charges, which went in his favour.
Delivering judgment, Justice Kayode Ariwoola leading four other justices held that the appeal against his election at the April 11, 2015, governorship poll, was unmeritorious and merely academic in nature.
Dogara in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, said he received the news of the apex court’s verdict with joy.
Abubakar said the position of the judiciary further affirms the fact that indeed the judiciary is the last hope not only for the common man, but for all men, and the real bastion of equity and good governance in any society.
Ugwuanyi was having a legal battle with Senator Ayogu Eze over election primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 governorship poll in Enugu State.
The judgment was delivered in the early hours of Friday
The Jos, Plateau State-based administrator, according to our source, arrived at about 3pm amid tight security at the Glass House headquarters of the NFF.
The Federal Government on Monday, ordered the current board of the NFF, led by Amaju Pinnick to vacate their office in respect to a ruling by the Supreme Court.
Aniuno, an aspirant for the chairmanship of Anambra State Football Association in the last election, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Awka that it would “bring the reign of impunity to an end”.
The directive was given in a statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, on Monday in Abuja.
Jarett Tenebe made the faction’s position known on Sunday
The Three Arms Zone houses the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary arms of government in the central area of Abuja
Dalung who made the remark while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, cautioned the Nigeria Football Federation to await the interpretation of the judgement before going ahead with its elections.
The position of the company was contained in a series of tweets on the Twitter handle of the company
The organisation gave the commendation in a statement by Chief Emeka Attamah, Media Adviser to its President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, released in Abuja on Monday.
The NFVCB had approached the apex court, challenging 2012 decision of the Court of Appeal, Akure, which upheld a 2004 judgment of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, in favour of the retailers.
The other respondents are listed as Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Defence Staff and the Minister of Defence.
The Federal Government had through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation filed a four-count charge bordering on forgery against Innosson and four others before Justice Ayokunle Faji.
Akingbola is a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc.