The former Kwara state governor
was accompanied to the court on Thursday by not less than 20 senators.
Back at the red chamber, Ike
Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is presiding over the plenary. Only a few
senators are present at the sitting.
Saraki is being tried on three of
the 18 counts of false assets declaration filed against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
At the last sitting, the case was
adjourned after Kanu Agabi, counsel to Saraki, asked the court for more time to
respond to the “elaborate” written address of the prosecution.
In December, the court of appeal
affirmed the conclusion of the tribunal on all but the three counts.
Counts 4 and 5 border on an
alleged false declaration of his assets at the end of his tenure as governor of
Kwara state.
Count 6 borders on the failure to
declare his outstanding loan liabilities of N315, 054, 355.92 out of the loan
of N380, 000, 000 he obtained from Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).
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