Mr. Paul Erokoro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Tuesday in Abuja told the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal Mr. Danladi Umar that the Senate president standing trial before him on false assets declaration cannot get justice from him because of his biased and prejudicial comments in the trial.

Erokoro ,while moving an application filed by Saraki asked the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from further participating in the trial because of his biased disposition.

The CCT chairman had on June 7 made comments viewed as threat that Saraki’s alleged delay tactics would  not reduce the consequences he would face at the end of the trial.

In his submissions on the motion on notice, Erokoro, claimed that the comment by the chairman was prejudicial to Saraki and that Saraki can no longer get fair trial from the Tribunal in line with the provision of section 36 of the 1999 constitution.

The counsel told the Tribunal that the chairman who was personally served with the motion on notice informing him of the prejudicial statement made in the open court on June 7 did not deny the statement. Neither did the prosecution, too.

Erokoro further submitted that by implication, the CCT chairman and the prosecution have implicitly admitted making the statement and as such, the chairman should disqualify himself in the interest of justice and fair trial.

He further submitted that the independence and the impartiality of the chairman as envisaged in section 36 of the constitution can no longer be guaranteed and that a good reason for the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from the trial had already been established and that he will not be able to balance the scale of justice