As reported by Checkpointcharley on June 8, 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 forging the Senate Standing Orders used for the presiding officers’ election in June 2015.
The Federal Government, through the office of the Attorney General had pressed charges against Saraki, Ekweremadu and a former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his then deputy, Benedict Efeturi.
The accused persons were arraigned on June 27 on two counts of criminal conspiracy and forgery before Justice Yusuf Halilu of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja.
The new prosecution team, sources tell Checkpointcharley, will be led by a former Attorney General of Kano State, Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN).
Other members of the team are a Lagos-based public interest litigation lawyer, Jiti Ogunye; Raphael Origo, and a state counsel from the Federal Ministry of Justice, Yetunde Adeola-Cole.
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