One of the counsels to Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, who is standing trial for false declaration of assets, Rapheal Oluyede, provoked the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Umar Danladi today, Thursday when he insisted that his motion must be accepted by the Tribunal.
The counsel, who was appearing for the second time at the tribunal had risen up shortly after appearances were announced to introduce a motion which he said had been communicated to the tribunal on Wednesday.
The lawyer’s motion was the one asking the tribunal’s chairman to disqualify himself from the case. But the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, objected strongly to the motion and interrupted Oluyede.
The tribunal chairman dismissed the motion swiftly, saying: “that motion as far as the tribunal is concerned is of no consequence; not worthy to be entertained and is hereby thrown away.”
But lawyer Oluyede refused to obey the order which led to a shouting match.
In the heat of the argument, an angry Justice Umar ordered police officers at the tribunal to throw his “challenger” out.
The courtroom immediately broke into murmurs, and tension was palpable. However, the presence of security men stopped the situation from degenerating any further. [myad]
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