The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, deferred further hearing on all the cases pending before it till September.
Prominent among the cases include the 16-count criminal charge the federal government slammed against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
The tribunal had originally fixed Wednesday, July 13, to deliver ruling on a fresh application seeking to disqualify its Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, from presiding over Saraki’s trial.
However, the CCT, via a statement by the Head of its Press & Public Relations Department, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan, said it has adjourned all sittings scheduled for this week and those to come within July and August, till the end of recess to be embarked by the Tribunal’s Judges soon.
According to the statement, “The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC)”.
Justice Umar however assured litigants currently with cases before the court, that they would be given new dates at the end of the vacation in September.
Prominent among the cases include the 16-count criminal charge the federal government slammed against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
The tribunal had originally fixed Wednesday, July 13, to deliver ruling on a fresh application seeking to disqualify its Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, from presiding over Saraki’s trial.
However, the CCT, via a statement by the Head of its Press & Public Relations Department, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan, said it has adjourned all sittings scheduled for this week and those to come within July and August, till the end of recess to be embarked by the Tribunal’s Judges soon.
According to the statement, “The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC)”.
Justice Umar however assured litigants currently with cases before the court, that they would be given new dates at the end of the vacation in September.
