The false assets declaration
trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, resumed at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal (CCT) on Tuesday with the invitation of the first defence witness.
The witness, Dr. Ademola Adebo,
an ex-commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), told the court that
he was familiar with assets declaration process.
Adebo said at a time he was
engaged by CCB to simplify the CCB Assets Declaration Form and also created a
portal so that public officers would not have to visit CCB to declare assets.
He identified some assets
declaration forms filled by Saraki at the commencement and conclusion of his
tenure as Governor in Kwara State in 2007 and 2011.
The witness, led in evidence by
Paul Usoro (SAN), read from the form where Saraki declared that he acquired
Nos: 17A and 17B Macdonald, Ikoyi, Lagos, through sales of rice and sugar
commodities.
In another form, the witness read
where Saraki also said he bought the same houses through bank loan from the
Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB).
At the conclusion of his
evidence-in-chief, the prosecution led by Rotimi Jacbos (SAN), was about to
commence the cross-examining of the witness when tribunal’s Chairman, Danladi
Umar, announced a brief suspension of proceedings.
He said the trial would resume in
30 minutes.
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