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Trial forces Nigeria's Saraki from Senate duties


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A tribunal ruled Monday that the fraud trial of embattled Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki will continue on a daily basis -- meaning he will be unable to preside over Senate sessions until the proceedings are over. Saraki's lawyers had asked for an adjournment in the high-profile trial to allow senators accompanying him to attend Senate sittings, but the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) rejected the request. Dozens of senators and other politicians have been accompanying Saraki to his trial at the CCT in Abuja in a show of solidarity, but Judge Danladi Umar said politicians needed to go back to work while he was on trial.

 

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