UPDATE: Saraki Delays His CCT Trial Again

If you remain poor in this Nigeria, just blame yourself! Those who have money have a way of turning the law into some kind of child's play with Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) working for them.

A case of jurisdiction which Bukola Saraki and his lawyers dragged from Tribunal to Appeal court and to Supreme court and were defeated, he changed lawyers and brought in Kanu Agabi, another SAN.

Guess what? When the case resumed today, Kanu Agabi says he's challenging that same jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and as such the trial of Saraki cannot go on until that is first heard.

OluFamous.Com observed that efforts by Government lawyer, Rotimi Amaechi (SAN) to tell the court that this is another delay tactics by Saraki and his lawyers where frustrated as Kanu Agabi was making joke with Rotimi Jacobs in the open court, asking him 'Rotimi, should I beg you'?

Rotimi Jacobs complained that he has come under different forms of attacks and intimidation in the course of prosecuting Bukola Saraki. But Agabi threw the court into another laughter as he embarked on what seemed a charm offensive, declaring his love for the active federal government lawyer.

Justice Umar intervened and asked the defence counsel, Agabi, to serve the prosecution the motion on the challenge of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction afresh.

Jacobs said ok, the Tribunal should adjourn till Monday for argument of the fresh application.

But Agabi again asked for adjournment till next week Friday, arguing that as an old man who will be 70 soon, he would not be able to respond to the prosecutor’s brief on time. Just imagine!

When the drama became too much, Justice Umar had no choice but to adjourn the case to Friday, 18 March, 2016 for moving of the motion and possible hearing of the jurisdiction matter all over again.

Rotimi Jacobs reacted:

“The defendant [Saraki] keeps saying that there is no case against him and that he is being persecuted. Why doesn’t he let the trial start so that the whole world can see the persecution?”

Don't be surprise if Saraki change his legal team again at the end of another 6 months, when they finish the case of jurisdiction, claiming Kanu Agabi is too old and they start afresh. That's Nigeria for you!