Embattled Senate president, Bukol Saraki, on Wednesday, June 15, asked the chairman of the Code of the Conduct Tribunal (CCT), to withdraw from his trial.
This application was filed by Kanu Agabi, the lead counsel to Saraki.
“We have a motion before you. This motion as far as we are concerned is unopposed,” he said.
However, Akuta Pius Okeyima, the counsel to the federal government, who stood in for Rotimi Agabi, discredited the application, saying the business of the day was to continue cross examination.
He said he had received the application which a response had been filed.
“The buisness today is continuation of cross examination. We have filed our response to the process this morning.
“We were served with this process two days ago at 6pm.
“Yesterday evening, we were served with some further affidavit. We have responded and filed. We have opposed that application.”
Saraki had earlier asked Umar to withdraw from the case due to his case with the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
But on Thursday, April 21, Umar had thrown away the application by the Senate president asking him to withdraw from the trial.
In the initial application, Saraki had argued that the CCT chairman was biased.