Daily Post has uncovered an ongoing mobilization of ‘Northerners’ who are largely illiterate and involved in hawking water and other menial jobs in Jabi Park in Abuja for a protest along the street leading to the venue of Code of Conduct Tribunal on Friday.

A reporter got to the scene of the mobilization at exactly 9.00am at a shanty located directly behind the venue. A middle-aged man was seen addressing the mobilized youths in Hausa language and simply identified himself as Comrade, but was later identified to be of the Igala speaking tribe.

 

He was seen with a long list of protesters and refused a correspondent to have a look at the list in his hand.

 

A protester on inquiry disclosed that they were given N1,000.00, noting that some of them participated in last week’s protest and that was why they have good number of them attending the protest today.

“We were given N1,000.00 each because last week, the man fulfilled his promise and today, I have got my own. Oga, you can enter and talk to him.”

It was further observed that the protesters who are largely between 16 to 21 years hardly speak pidgin English. Two among the protesters displaying a banner with Saraki’s photograph, bearing ‘ SENATE IS WORKING UNDER SARAKI’ voluntarily requested a correspondent that they should be snapped.

Meanwhile, the trial of Saraki is expected to enter proper hearing in a substantive suit for 13-counts of false declaration of asset when he was governor of Kwara State.

 

However, hearing on Saraki's trial at the CCT has been adjourned to March 24th as his counsel challenges the competency of the tribunal

As at last week Friday, the Code of Conduct Tribunal could not proceed on proper hearing for purposes of motion by the defence counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) challenging the jurisdiction of CCT.