Saraki storms Code of Conduct Tribunal with 90 lawyers.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on
Wednesday appeared at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal with 90 lawyers for the continuation of
his trial.

Mr. Saraki had in the last two sittings presented
80 lawyers.

But in Wednesday’s sitting, Mr. Saraki’s lead
counsel, Kanu Agabi, told the court that 90
lawyers formed the defense team for the Senate
president at the tribunal.

“We are altogether 90 of us here today”, Mr.
Agabi told the tribunal shortly after the
commencement of trial.

During the previous sitting, when Mr. Agabi was
accompanied with 79 lawyers, he (Mr. Agabi)
told the tribunal that his client was well prepared
for a contest by vote, between counsels, if the
need arises.

“At some point, the trial should be subjected to
vote, My Lord,” Mr. Agabi told the court in an
effort to buttress the fact that they had a
numerical strength.

The prosecution team had about 10 lawyers at
Wednesday’s sitting.

But while calling for the appearance of the 90
lawyers, it was found that scores of them were
not physically present in court.

This was not the case when Mr. Saraki arrived
with 80 lawyers, as all 80 of them confirmed
their presence in court.

-The Sun