MIXED REACTIONS OVER WARRANT OF ARREST ON SARAKI.

As my friend Daniel Saredau tersely put it; 'the trials of brother Saraki'
and he couldn't be more precise. Is this investigation carried out with
due process or is this just another witch hunt?

There were mixed reactions at the National Assembly, on Friday following a bench warrant issued by
Justice Danladi Umar’s of the Code of Conduct Tribunal on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
The warrant followed Saraki’s failure to appear before it over 13
count charges of corruption slammed against him.
In a live telecast of the tribunal’s adjudication in Abuja, the
prosecuting counsel sought for Saraki’s arrest , citing relevant
provisions of the Tribunal’s Act, which empowers its Chairman to
issue warrant of arrest.
Defense counsel to the Senate President argued on the strength
that the High Court had earlier issued injunction restraining the
Tribunal from hearing the charges.
Relying on the coordinate jurisdiction of the High Court and that of
the Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar in his judgement sustained his
order that Saraki be arrested and be produced before his Tribunal
on Monday 21st September, 2015.
However, Saraki’s Counsel, Joseph Daodu urged the Tribunal to
vacate the warrant of arrest while he undertakes to produce Saraki
based on the fact that he is occupying a very senior position.
Justice Umar however sustained the warrant of arrest after the
prosecution counsel argued that the relief was already belated.
A senator from the North East, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity maintained that he would have appeared before the
Tribunal to save himself of this embarrassment, noting that it was
not a death sentence as things had really changed.
“Was it a death sentence for Mr Senate President to be invited
before a Tribunal? He should have appeared to save himself of this
embarrassment, after all others before him have had this kind of
experiences too”, he said.
In Saraki’s office, it was absolute silence, even as his aides were
not around to speak.