Justice Danladi Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT on Friday deferred hearing on the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki till March 18.
Justice Umar’s ruling was to allow the defence serve its motion on the prosecution.
Saraki is standing trial for false declaration of assets.
Earlier, The Senate President, through his counsel, Kanu Akabi informed the court that he had filed a motion, challenging the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Akabi said the motion was served the Federal Ministry of Justice on Monday.
He argued that the court cannot go ahead without first ruling on the matter.
“My Lord, as you are aware, we have taken over this case newly and have challenged your jurisdiction from trying this case and unless that has been exhausted, I don’t think it appropriate for this Honourable Tribunal to go ahead”, Kanu submitted.
But the prosecution led by Rotimi Jacobs, however, informed the court that he was not aware of the filed motion.
While describing the motion as frivolous, the Defence Counsel, Rotimi Jacobs averred from Section 398(2) of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, that the case which is due for trial cannot be stopped on counter motion that bothers on jurisdiction.
Jacobs urged the Tribunal to discountenance the motion, otherwise the integrity of Judiciary would be at stake.
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