Court of Appeal stops arrest of Saraki

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted a stay of execution order on the arrest warrant issued by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Senate President, Doctor Bukola Saraki.

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar had on Friday September 18th issued a Bench warrant for the arrest of Bukola Saraki who is standing trial on a 13 count charge bothering on false declaration of assets.

Senator Saraki's lawyers filed the notice of appeal and record of the proceedings at the Code of Conduct Tribunal at the Court of Appeal this morning.