Senate President Bukola Saraki is determine to win his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as he hires experts from the United States and Israel to team up with his legal team led by (SAN) Kanu Agabi.
It was learnt that the experts are not lawyers but crack investigators, forensic and handwriting specialists with the mandate to provide information on witnesses and documents presented at the tribunal by the prosecution. The experts arrived Lagos on Monday and would leave Lagos to join Agabi’s team in Abuja.
A source in the Senate, disclosed that the experts would assist Saraki’s legal team make a credible defense at the Tribunal.
He further says, “The investigators will scrutinize all available information on the eight prosecution witnesses, including their school records, service records from the past and present, places of employment and personal information that may help the defense team in the course of the trial. “Most of the witnesses will not be credible when information concerning their life is presented publicly before the tribunal.
“It is also expected that the prosecution may present forged documents, our team will be vigilant considering the manner in which the proceedings before the tribunal is being conducted.
“Our people believe that with the way properties that have nothing to do with Saraki are being put on the charge sheet, there is suspicion that the documents to sustain their claims may have been forged. “ the experts will screen and help the lawyers with information that may help them,” he explained.
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