Nigeria: Fraud Charges Dropped Against Bukola Saraki, Third-Most Powerful Politician

A Nigerian tribunal has dismissed 18 fraud charges against the head of the country’s senate, Bukola Saraki, after a much-delayed legal process lasting almost two years.
The Code of Conduct Tribunal in the Nigerian capital Abuja ruled that federal prosecutors had failed to link Saraki to the allegations of false or non-declaration of assets and that all the charges were to be dismissed, Nigeria’s Channels TV reported.
Saraki is the third-most powerful politician in the West African country, behind President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. He is the leader of the upper house of Nigeria’s bicameral parliament.

Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki sits in the courtroom during a hearing of corruption charges against him at the Code of Conduct tribunal in Abuja, Nigeria, on September 22, 2015. All charges against Saraki have been dismissed. Stringer/AFP/Gett. read more