SARAKI HEADS TO COURT OF APPEAL TO CHALLENGE ARREST WARRANT

Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, has filed an appeal to contest his arrest order, given via a ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, on Friday.

The tribunal had ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to arrest and produce him on Monday, September 21.

However, Senator Saraki, who appealed through his counsel, Joseph Daudu, stated that the tribunal acted without jurisdiction and also erred in law by assuming jurisdiction over the criminal trial of the appellant at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for a charge which is being challenged at the Federal High Court.

His appeal further stated that there was an order of the Federal High Court which was served on the tribunal, when it issued the bench warrant for his arrest.

The Senate President also submitted that the appellant had filed an application dated September 17, challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to adjudicate on the charge brought before it.

Furthermore, Saraki stated in his appeal, that when an accused files an application challenging the jurisdiction of a court/tribunal to adjudicate on a charge brought before it, the accused does not be in court.

Consequently, he asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.