Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again lost his bid to stop his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
Saraki ran to the Federal High Court in Abuja to his trial at the tribunal citing an infringement on his fundamental human rights.
But at the hearing on Friday, April 15, 2016, Justice Abdulkadir Abdu-Kafarati dismissed the Senate President’s suit, describing it as an “abuse of court process.”
Saraki told the court in his suit that his trial before the CCT, as currently constituted, was a violation of his rights.
The Senate President said he could not get justice from the CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, who he claimed is currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for alleged bribery.
He prayed the High Court to disqualify Justice Umar from presiding over his trial at CCT and challenging the legality of the charges.
Saraki argued that since EFCC is also prosecuting him before Justice Umar, the CTC Chairman may find it difficult to do justice and act independently in his case.
