Breaking News: Court Of Appeal Dismisses Bukola Saraki's Appeal

This morning, The Abuja division of the court of Appeal dismissed the appeal filed by senate president, Bukola Saraki challenging his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The appeal court dismissed all 5 issues raised by Saraki in the appeal. Two of the three panel of judges ruled that his appeal lacks merit. This implies that the Code of Conduct will still go ahead with Saraki's trial.

Saraki is being tried on a 13 count charge of false asset declaration when he was Kwara state governor. He is expected to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on November 5th.