Senate President Bukola Saraki

The Nigerian Senate will no longer be having its plenary on Wednesday as initially planned.

A  statement by acting clerk, Nelson Oyewoh said the senate will now meet on Thursday.

It means there will not be any confirmation hearing for any ministerial nominee tomorrow.  Only two of them were screened today: Adebayo Shittu and Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, a member of the House of Representatives. The screening of Professor Claudius Daramola from Ondo State,  was postponed.

Sixteen of the 36 ministerial nominees  are still waiting to be heard by the Senate, as the Senate spokesman, Dino Melaye said earlier today that the screening would stretch till Wednesday next week.

Nigerians waiting to watch how the screening of former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi will go, will now need to wait till Thursday this week.

Oyewoh did not state why the senate countermanded its own resolution to meet at 10 am on Wednesday, when it was adjourning some minutes before 2pm on Tuesday.

But observers believed the change was connected with the Code of Conduct Tribunal case in which Senate President is being tried for  false declaration of assets.

Just like many of the  senators accompanied Bukola Saraki to the court as a show of solidarity at the last hearing on 22 September, they are expected to follow him again on Wednesday. The CCT had given 21, 22 and 23 October for the hearing.

Lawyers handling his briefs were unable to get a court of Appeal ruling stopping the CCT trial on Monday. The  Court of Appeal said it would communicate its judgement date.