Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki on Friday said the federal government’s appeal against the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on his case was an attempt to pull him down. Recall the CCT had last week upheld the plea of no case submission Saraki made on the 18-count charge of false assets declaration preferred against him. The government earlier this week appealed against the acquittal. Reacting, Saraki said that he remained unperturbed by the development. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, he said he was confident that the verdict at the appellate court would not be different from that of the tribunal as the facts of the case remained the same and the grounds on which the decision of the CCT was based remained unassailable. He said, “When an official interferes with the judicial process with a view to achieving personal objectives, that is corruption. This Appeal against the CCT ruling is nothing but another attempt to grandstand and embark on another media trial without any substance. This is why the Senate President is sure it will be another exercise in futility.”
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