{"id":60553,"date":"2017-12-13T00:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60553"},"modified":"2017-12-13T00:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T23:38:54","slug":"the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211; The Court of Appeal Verdict Vindicates Me -Saraki &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">We noted the verdict of the Court of Appeal Court today in which it agreed with the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal that Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has no case to answer on 15 of the 18 charges filed against him by the Federal Government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We believe that upholding the no case submission by Dr. Saraki with regards to 15 of the 18 counts charges vindicates the innocence of the Senate President. At least, today&#8217;s judgement has confirmed the position of the Tribunal that the prosecution&#8217;s case was entirely based on hearsay, not on any concrete evidence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The verdict of the Court of Appeal, just like that of the Tribunal before it, aligned with our position that the preposterous claims made during trial by the prosecution concerning operation of foreign accounts, making anticipatory declarations, collecting double salaries, owning assets beyond his income and failure to declare assets owned by companies in which the Senate President owns interests, among others, have fallen like a pack of cards and lack any basis.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the remaining three counts, which really touch on two issues, referred back to the Tribunal for the Senate President&#8217;s defence, it should be noted that the Appellate Court only gave a summary of its decision today promising to provide the parties with Certified True Copies of the Judgment soon. As soon as it makes the details of the judgement available, our lawyers will review the grounds of the decision and take appropriate action.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We remain convinced about the innocence of the Senate President on the three ( or two) counts because we believe the decision of the Court of Appeal is not consistent with the submissions made by both parties at the Tribunal. Thus, it is our view that that aspect of the judgment will not stand.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The confidence and faith of Dr. Saraki in the nation&#8217;s judiciary and its ability to dispense justice to all manners of people remains unshaken.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Signed:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Yusuph Olaniyonu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Special Adviser (Media and Publicity)<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We noted the verdict of the Court of Appeal Court today in which it agreed with the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal that Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- The Court of Appeal Verdict Vindicates Me -Saraki - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- The Court of Appeal Verdict Vindicates Me -Saraki - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We noted the verdict of the Court of Appeal Court today in which it agreed with the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal that Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-12T23:38:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-12T23:38:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bukola-Saraki-696x374.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"374\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/the-court-of-appeal-verdict-vindicates-me-saraki\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"&#8211; 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