Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has defered judgement in the suit instituted by the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki against the Code of Conduct Tribunalindefinitely.
The Registrar of the Court of Appeal who made the announcement on Monday, gave no reason for the decision.
It would be reccaled that Senator Saraki had filed an appeal challenging the legality
of his arraignment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
In the appeal, his counsel, Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN has asked the appellate court to set aside the proceeding of the Code of Conduct Tribunal held in
September.
Daudu had prayed the court to also set aside the criminal charges of false declaration of assets, filed against Saraki by the federal government.
Saraki through his counsel had challenged the composition of the Code of Conduct Tribunal which has only two members instead of
three,
He had maintained that since the tribunal did not sit in compliance with the constitutional provision of three members, his arraignment should be declared invalid.
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