Straight Talk with Chukwudi Obi

Atita's corner Guest Columnist Chidiebere Collins Today, marks a watershed in the annals of the history of the National Assembly  under the mantra of fight against or for corruption. Today, the number one law maker will be arraigned before a court of law for allegedly breaching the code of conduct for public officers. There is the additional charge of willful absence from attending court for which there is a bench warrant. These are mere allegations but they are weighty. It is important to underscore that a fundamental principle of law is that every accused person is presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. Our law is predicated on the principle that he who alleges must prove. Today, Senator Bukola Saraki will go and have that proverbial handshake with the law for which it is a popular aphorism that nobody is above the law. Nobody is indeed above the law. The matter is for all intents and purposes a criminal trial and the accused will be requ...

A group has condemned Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki for not appearing before the Code of Conduct Tribunal if he had nothing to hide. This is as the organization accused the number three citizen of ‘applying every trick in the bag’ delay the wheels of justice. In a strong worded statement issued in Abuja, the federal capital of the West African country, yesterday, National Coordinator, Foundation Against Fraud, Indiscipline and Corruption, FAFIC Dr Uche Diala urged the Inspector General of Police, his men and other relevant security agencies to go all out to arrest the senate president. “We view with utmost dismay and totally condemn the failure of distinguished Senator Bukola Saraki to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja. This is after he was duly served with a notice to that effect. We consider this a serious act of indiscipline especially in view of the exalted office that he occupies as the Senate President of the Federal Republ...