Photo: Nigeria's Senate President, Almighty Saraki in the dock facing criminal charges

“I hold that the trial before the tribunal is purely criminal,” Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar said.

Assets declaration: Court orders Saraki’s arrest – Punch newspaper

Justice Danladi Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered that a bench warrant should be issued on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for failing to appear to answer charges bordering on assets declaration, The Punch newspaper has reported.

Senate leadership race shows cracks in Buhari’s APC

By Michelle Faul

A former governor was elected Tuesday as head of Nigeria's Senate — the third most powerful figure in the country — in a victory that highlights the cracks appearing in the coalition that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power.

Confusion as Saraki emerges Senate President - Punch newspaper

Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) elected unopposed as President of 8th Senate by 57 of 108 Senators, with 51 Senators, including Sen. Ahmed Lawan, absent. The other Senators were at the International Conference Centre at the time Saraki was declared President, says a report published online by The Punch newspaper