CCT Chairman orders police to throw Saraki’s lawyer out of the court
There was mild drama at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) today as the CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar refused to hear the motion filed by counsel of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki on his (Umar) alleged bias. Umar dismissed the application asking him to disqualify himself from the case.
Barr. Raphael Oluyede, Saraki’s lawyer brought to the attention of the court a motion filed on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 seeking the CCT boss to disqualify himself from participating in the trial based on bias. .
However, when he attempted to bring up the motion, Justice Umar repeatedly yelled at him to “Sit down.” After Oluyede demanded to be heard, Umar called for police officers to throw him out. Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs then intervened and pleaded with Danladi.
