The Federal Government has completed plans to withdraw the charge of criminal conspiracy against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
According to a report by Premium Times, the
FG through the Federal Ministry of Justice has filed a motion to
withdraw the charges.
It was further reported that an affidavit in
support of the motion was filed before the High Court of Federal
Capital Territory on by Odubu Loveme, a litigation officer from the Ministry.
Though Saraki and Ekweremadu, as well as a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and a former Deputy clerk, Ben Efeturi, were first arraigned for forgery charges, the newly filed motion will see only Maikasuwa and Efeturi facing porsecution. In the motion filed on Thursday, Loveme said
counsel to the Federal Government on the matter, Aliyu Umar, had studied
the case diary and had decided to amend the charge.
Both Maikasuwa and Efeturi are being charged
for accepting to do an illegal act, to wit to make the Senate Standing
Orders 2015 as amended without the authority of the 7th Senate of the
Federal republic of Nigeria.
The two civil servants are accused of
fraudulently amending the 2015 Senate Standing Orders without the
authority of the 7th Senate “ with intention that the Senators elect of
the 8th Senate would believe that the said Senate Standing Orders 2015 (
as amended) was made by the authority of the 7th Senate of the Federal
republic of Nigeria.”
The act is considered as a criminal
conspiracy punishable under section 97 (1) Penal Code Act ( Northern
States) Federation Provisions Act, 1960, Cap 345, laws of the Federation
1990 as amended.
Maikasuwa and Efeturi are also accused of
forging a document punishable under section 366 of the Penal Code Act (
Northern States) Federal Provisions Act, 1960, Cap 345, Laws of the
Federation 1990 ( as amended).
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