Bukola Saraki, sparse senators, rented crowd at CCT

Bukola Saraki, sparse senators, rented crowd at CCT

Monday, April 18, 2016 3:26 pm


Saraki arriving at the CCT with very few senators in tow

Saraki arriving at the CCT with very few senators in tow. Photo: Femi Ipaye

On Day 3 of the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the noisy devotees from his Ilorin base, who normally come as a show of solidarity are thinning out.

We noticed too that  senators too are vanishing from the court room. Fewer than 10 of them were in court today.

The senators row: you can count them. They could no longer fill the reserved seats

The senators row: you can count them. They could no longer fill the reserved seats. Photo: Femi Ipaye

The reducing tribe of senators, surely something to whisper about

The reducing tribe of senators, surely something to whisper about

And then this : a hired crowd to demonstrate that the embattled senator is being persecuted by the state.

Femi Ipaye captured the tell-tale scenes in and outside the court room of the Code of Conduct Tribunal:

Doe this one look like a student representing 'aluta'?

Doe this one look like a student representing ‘aluta’?Photo: Femi Ipaye

We can swear that the guys holding the banner can't even read what's on it

We can swear that the guys holding the banner can’t even read what’s written on it. Are they truly Ndigbo youths? So you don’t  trust PMB?

This loud mouth yelling at someone performing the role paid for

This loud mouth yelling at someone, really  performing the role paid for

Mother and child also paid to join the protesting crowd

Mothers and children also paid to join the protesting crowd

Another banner in support of Saraki.

Another banner in support of Saraki. Raises question: Why is EFCC at CCT?

One of protesters in white ran into police trouble

One of protesters, 3rd left,   ran into police trouble

Here is the man who cobbled the crowd together today, speaking with journalists

Here is the man who cobbled the crowd together today, speaking with journalists

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