President Muhammadu Buhari has washed his hands
off the current travails of the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki.
In a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special
Assistant to the President,he rebuffed insinuation that
President Buhari was behind the ongoing trial of the
Senate President by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)
and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
He said such suggestions were unacceptable,
especially as views that the trial can only be from an
external instigation are uninformed.
“There is no place in law that the Bureau and the
Tribunal should take instructions from any quarters.
“As an independent institution equal to any superior
court of record, the tribunal is set up by the constitution
to determine the issue of default, false declaration or
forgery in assets declaration.
“This therefore is purely a judicial process and has
nothing to do with the presidency”, said Shehu.
He added: “If anyone has an axe to grind with what
they are doing, they should do it in a judicial manner by
challenging those actions in a proper court of law. Let
them hire a good team of lawyers to prove their
innocence.
“Government has no desire to persecute anybody. The
President has vowed to respect the rule of law and this
is what he is doing by staying out of this matter. He
has said times without number that the war against
corruption has no sacred cows.
“Even if the President wants to help, there is no way he
can do anything. Is he going to ask the judge to stop
the trial?
“It is purely a judicial process, the type of which are
routinely dealt with by the CCB and the CCT. There are
many cases like this that are going on.
“The President has sworn to an oath to protect the
constitution and will not violate that oath?”
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