Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, has said that he will not resign from his position, despite his ongoing false asset declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which he described as an act of persecution and not an actual fight against corruption.
Speaking on Friday at Landmark Events Centre in Lagos during a social media week event,Saraki stated that his trial was the handiwork of powerful people who were unhappy with his emergence as Senate President.
“We are public servants and you must fill your asset declaration form when you get in office and I did mine 13 years ago.
“The charges have nothing to do with corruption or money being stolen anywhere. I will have my day in court to prove my innocence of the charge pending against me because it is not about corruption.
“I don’t understand how the same organisation that cleared my asset declaration to be proper in 2004, 2009 and 2011 can now say that my record is faulted,” he said.