Why Saraki deserves to be arrested

monjola sotubo

September 21, 2015 9:25 AM

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has charged Saraki with 13 counts of fraud relating to his asset declaration process.

Bukola Saraki

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has charged Saraki with 13 counts of fraud relating to his asset declaration process.

Saraki was summoned to appear before the tribunal on Friday, September 18, 2015, but he instead sent his lawyers to present a Federal High Court judgment seeking to suspend the trial.

He later explained that he stayed away from the court“on counsel received that the tribunal will respect the decision of the Federal High Court.”

The CCB was established by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which Saraki vowed, during his inauguration, to support and uphold.

Hence, the Senate President’s failure to appear before the tribunal is a departure from the oath he swore, the very oath which bestowed upon him the power he now holds.

Saraki needs to let go of the God-complex which has become an unfortunate characteristic of many Nigerian leaders and realize that

It would do the Senate President good to remember that the era of impunity has ended and, as President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina put it, a “new sheriff is in town.”

As Queen Elizabeth I said, “a clear and innocent conscience fears nothing” so the Senate President needs to stop running and face the lawfor it is only then he can prove that his hands are clean...if they truly are.

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