Unic Press UK: Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, were in the dock on Monday, the 27th June 2016, over criminal charges relating to conspiracy and forgery of the Nigerian Senate Standing Rules that was used to elect and inaugurate the Senate leadership on June 9, 2015.
Others facing the same criminal charges along with the aforementioned duo were a former clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa, and his deputy, Mr. Benedict Efeturi.
When the matter was called up at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the presiding Judge, Halilu Yusuf, granted bail to Saraki and Ekweremadu on the condition that each of them will provide two sureties who have properties in Wuse, or Maitama, or Asokoro, or Garki areas of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The judge ruled that should the accused fail to meet the bail conditions, they will be remanded at Kuje Prison.
The four respondents / defendants left the Court premises on the same day. And it is believed that they all met their bail conditions.
