Ex-Kano justice commissioner leads Saraki, Ekweremadu's trial today

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A four-man team will today take over the prosecution of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others on charges of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders used for the presiding officers' elections of the 8th Senate in June 2015.

The Federal Government, through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, had, on June 10, preferred the charges against Saraki, Ekweremadu and a former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his then deputy, Benedict Efeturi.
The accused persons were subsequently, on June 27, arraigned on two counts of criminal conspiracy and forgery before Justice Yusuf Halilu of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja.
The Federal Government stated that the offence of conspiracy is punishable under Section 97 (1) of the Penal Code Act and offence of forgery with "fraudulent intent" punishable under Section 364 of the same law.
The court had, after the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges on June 27, fixed Monday (today) for the commencement of trial.
But sources in the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja confirmed to our correspondent on Sunday that a four-man team would take over the prosecution of the accused persons from the Director, Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Diri, as the case comes up today.

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