By Baron Ike
Cross-examination of chief prosecution witness, Micheal Wetkas, in the trial of Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, ended on Tuesday, November 8. Saraki is facing trial for alleged false assets decalaration.
Counsel to the Saraki, Paul Usoro (SAN), at the resumed sitting on asked the witness if he still stood by his claims that the Senate President received salaries four years after he left the Kwara State Government House as governor, even though he was receiving salaries as a Senator and the witness answered in the affirmative.
With that, Usoro informed the Tribunal he was done with the cross-examination of the witness.
When asked if they wanted to cross-examine, the prosecutor, Umar Ibrahim, who stood in for the lead prosecutor, Rotimi Jacobs asked for an adjournment to enable the prosecution prepare for a re-examination.
Chairman of the Tribunal, Danladi Umar, then told parties in the case that the Tribunal would not be able to adjourn to any date in 2016 and subject to the agreement of parties the trial was adjourned to January 11, 2017.