Justice
Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court judge, reversing his position, will
this week return to the bench to give a major ruling on the human rights case
filed by embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki to stop his trial at the Code
of Conduct Tribunal.
We learnt that the Chief Judge
of the Federal High Court, Ibrahim Auta, secretly returned the case file to
Justice Kafarati asking him to deliver his judgement and damn the consequences.
Our sources revealed that the assurance that
Kafarati would give the judgement is the reason Mr. Saraki is still in office
despite having told several Senators that he would resign in order to save
himself further embarrassment at his CCT trial where prosecutors revealed
mind-boggling evidence of his corruption when his trial commenced last week.
After Justice Kafarati recused himself from the
case, Saraki hired several writers to keep encouraging him to deliver his
ruling, which has been revealed to Saraki to be favorable.
Saraki’s lawyer, Prince Ajibola Oluyede, who is a
known ally of Justice Kafarati, has also sent a petition to the Chief Judge
insisting that he allow Justice Kafarati to deliver his judgement.
Justice Kafarati is the next in line to become
the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. Known in legal
circles to be a very corrupt judge, and has been caught with billions of Naira
in his personal account by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC). He claims to have made his wealth from farming.
We learnt
on Monday that Kafarati has chosen Thursday to give his ruling, which would aim
at scuttling Saraki’s trial.
Source:
Sahara Reporters
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