The All Progressives Congress member representing Bauchi Central in the
Senate, Senator Isa Misau, said on Sunday that the Senate would continue
to support its President, Senator Bukola Saraki, in his current trial
at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
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Misau,
in a statement in Abuja, explained that members of the Eighth Senate
were convinced that the injustice being perpetrated against him at the
CCT was because of his emergence against the wishes of some APC chiefs.
Misau said it is obvious that the case against Saraki on the Declaration of Assets was being manipulated.
He
also alleged that the trial was a script, written based on mischief
and ill-will, being acted in all the courts before whom the matter had
been taken.
The senator said, “The impression I am getting is
that some people are playing God, believing that they can determine the
fate of Saraki and they are using the judiciary as instrument of
witch-hunt and persecution.
“What is happening is not a war against corruption. It is a war against Saraki using corrupt means to hound him to submission.
“This
means, however, grievous implication for the proposed anti-corruption
agenda of the Buhari administration because you cannot successfully
prosecute anti-graft war by selectively targeting individuals.”
The
Senator added that his colleagues who witnessed the proceedings at the
tribunal on the three occasions that Saraki appeared before it were
convinced that the defendant was only being targeted because he is
Senate President.
He said his colleagues also noticed that “the
body language from the tribunal chairman clearly shows that he cannot do
justice to the defendant in the present case.”
He said, “The
Senators will continue to support Saraki and even attend the court
sessions because of the belief that injustice to one is injustice to
all.”
He urged those behind the scheme to bring Saraki down to
desist as their actions had several implications for the ruling party,
the government and the nation.
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