Dino Melaye, the Senate chairman committee on FCT, on Friday, May 6, said he believes that the trial against Bukola Saraki, the Senate president was arranged.
Melaye condemned the trial stating that the Senate president is only being persecuted rather than prosecuted.
He revealed this in an exclusive interview with Naij.com. Excerpts below:
“If I have evidence that Saraki is guilty, I would not support him. But you don’t persecute a man because of his admission. It is ridiculous that you say you have evidence against a man but the evidence is burnt.
“It is ridiculous that you brought a man to court but you never interrogated him or took his statement. Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution as amended is very clear, the principle of fair hearing, it is extremely clear.
“A process where the prosecutor does not know the difference between a debit card and a credit card, I mean that’s funny. A situation whereby a man is not earning salary but collecting pension which he had donated to a foundation for indigent people and you now charge him that he has been collecting salary after leaving office.
“So the case as far as I am concerned is persecution, it was orchestrated, absolutely orchestrated. My conclusion on the CCT trial is that we are not in court because the rudiments, and what they call the rules of the court are not being followed.
“So as far as we are concerned, the trial is not against the Senate president, it is against the Senate and we are not in court,” he said.