THE Federal Government, yesterday, told the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja that it has garnered sufficient evidence to establish that the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, as a public officer, acquired several assets beyond his legitimate earnings.
It will be recalled that among those that the Federal Government billed to give oral testimony against Saraki are former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.The prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, equally told the appellate court that five witnesses lined-up against the Senate President, have all expressed their readiness to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on October 21, to testify and tender exhibits against Saraki.
El-Rufai is expected to testify that he was the one who sold one of the assets that Saraki bought in Abuja which the government alleged he failed to list among the assets he acquired while in office as the governor of Kwara State.
The prosecution also told the court that Saraki has already been furnished with all the proofs of evidence against him, including copies of four separate assets declaration forms that he earlier submitted before the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB.
Jacobs urged the appellate court to dismiss the appeal that Saraki lodged before it and order him to go to the CCT and clear his name. He is also alleged to have owned and operated foreign bank accounts while being a public officer.
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