Alleged false declaration of assets: CCT shifts Saraki’s trial to March 11

Hehe....The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has shifted the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on the 13-count corruption charge that was filed against him by the federal government, till March 11.The Justice Danladi Umar led tribunal which initially gave FG the nod to open its case against Saraki on March 10, deferred the proceeding by a day following a letter from his new lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN.A statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations at the CCT, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan, revealed that Agabi had in a letter dated February 26, pleaded for an adjournment on the ground that he has other cases fixed for March 10.Al-hassan quoted Agabi’s letter as stating: “I write as lead counsel to the above defendant to apply that the matter which is now scheduled to come up on the 10th day of March 2016, subject to the convenience of the Honourable Tribunal and learned counsel for the prosecution, be taken on the 11th day of March, 2016, due to my earlier and urgent commitments in other courts on the 10th.“I will sincerely appreciate the indulgence of the Tribunal to accommodate me in this way’’.‎It will be recalled that the Supreme Court had on February 5, okayed Saraki for trial over allegation that he falsely declared his assets.