The appeal lodged at the Supreme Court by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, challenging the Appeal Court judgment that ruled in favour of the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has been scheduled for hearing on Thursday.

Saraki, who is praying the apex court to set aside the majority verdict of the appellate court panel delivered by Justices Moore Adumein and Mohammed Mustapha, would on the other hand want the dissenting verdict of the third member of the appellate court panel, Justice Joseph Ekanem, to be upheld.

Ekanem, in his minority judgment, had not only voided the 13-count criminal charge before the CCT, but also discharged ‎the embattled Senate President.‎


He requested the apex court to evaluate the split judgment the‎ appellate court delivered on September 30, with a view to determining whether or not the charge pending before the Tribunal ought not to be quashed.

On November 12, ‎a five-man panel of Justices of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Fabiyi who is now retired did order the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal to stay further proceeding on the charge against the Senate President. This was in order to allow it look into the appeal.

Aside this, the apex court gave all the parties seven days each to file and exchange their briefs of arguments.