The Presidency on Sunday said the ongoing trial of the President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal was purely judicial and constitutional issue.
A statement in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, described the attempt to link the Presidency to Saraki’s trial as unacceptable.
The statement also frowned at the views to the effect that the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal could only act upon external instigation.
According to the statement, there is no place in law that the Bureau and the tribunal should take instructions from any quarters.
“As an independent institution equal to any superior court of record, the tribunal is set up by the constitution to determine the issue of default,false declaration or forgery in assets declaration.
“This, therefore, is purely a judicial process and has nothing to do with the presidency.
“If anyone has an axe to grind with what they are doing, they should do it in a judicial manner by challenging those actions in a proper court of law.
“Let them hire a good team of lawyers to prove their innocence.
“Government has no desire to persecute anybody,” the statement maintained.
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