The Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, has acceded to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s, request that his trial be rescheduled from March 10 to March 11.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of the tribunal, Mr Ibraheem Al-hassan, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Al-hassan said the request was signed by Saraki`s lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN), and forwarded to the tribunal on Feb. 26, 2016.
It was titled “Re: Charge No. CCT/ABJ/01/2015- FRN V Dr Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, and addressed to the Chief Registrar of the CCT.
The letter reads: “I write as lead counsel to the above defendant to apply that the matter which is scheduled to come up on March 10, be taken on March 11 subject to the convenience of the tribunal and the prosecution.”
The letter stated that the request was because of “my earlier and urgent commitments in other courts on March 10.
“I will sincerely appreciate the indulgence of the tribunal to accommodate me in this way.”
He apologised for the inconvenience caused to the tribunal and other counsel in the matter. (NAN)