The group stated that the position of Senate President has been tainted beyond imagination with the endless scandals around the current holder.
Their reasons are:
- His alleged failure to declare his assets or falsifying any declaration he did made is a violation of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers as spelt out in the constitution.
- Revelations of the Panama Papers about his offshore assets, which were allegedly not declared by the way, are enough reason for Saraki to have done the needful. His co-traveller in the Panama affair and former Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has demonstrated what a man does when he compromises his honour but Saraki failed to understand the concept.
- The truly innocent has nothing to fear in clearing his name before a court but instead of defending himself against the Code of Conduct Tribunal charges,he had engaged on an endless trip of judgement shopping as he approached one court after the other, not to clear himself, but to block his trial from holding
- In addition to the many charges against him he has endlessly abused the judicial system.
- The purchase of exotic SUVs for members of the chamber he presides over (in addition to being the Chairman of the National Assembly) is a clear indication of his unremorseful attitude and the disdain in which he holds Nigerians
- Saraki has converted his trial into an avenue for wasting tax payers’ money as the business of the National Assembly is crippled each time he has to appear at the CCT
- Saraki upped the insult to Nigerians by attempting to change the goal post when he and his colleagues futilely attempted to amend the laws, the Code of Conduct Bureau Act and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act, under which he was being tried.
- the position of Senate President has been tainted beyond imagination with the endless scandals around the current holder.
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