18th March, 2016
Senator Bukola Saraki and other senators have arrived the court room around 9:55 am. He immediately went to greet members of his legal team led by Kanu Agabi.
At 10:28am, Justice Umar Danladi finally walked in with the other members of the tribunal. Proceedings has commenced with the Tribunal Clerk calling the case.
The Senate President is again seated inside the dock and as usual, he is not looking comfortable inside at all.
Saraki’s lawyer has also announced that the number of the lawyers to defend the Senate President may have increased to 80 as indicated by his lead counsel at the commencement of the trial.
“We shall win as there are 80 of us on this side,” Kanu Agabi said as he started announcing the the names of the other lawyers with him.
The Chairman of the Tribunal and others in court burst into laughter as he said this. He then began to reel off the long list of names of lawyers with him.