Dr Bukola Saraki has reiterated his confidence in the judiciary and its ability to do justice to all manner of men and in all circumstances.
Saraki expressed gratitude to all Nigerians who supported him since the case commenced three years ago.
“At the end of a tortuous journey of 1,018 days, counting from Sept. 22, 2015, when the case began at the Tribunal, I am happy that I have been vindicated.
“The Supreme Court has affirmed that there is no evidence of false declaration of assets.
“The court also observed that certain agents took over the responsibility of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in this trial, and one can infer that this was done towards a pre-determined end.
“This outcome has gladdened my heart and further strengthened my belief in this country and as well as my faith in the Almighty Allah, who is the righter of all wrongs.
“God has vindicated me today before the judgment of man, and I am most thankful and humbled at His grace and infinite mercies.
“Through it all, I refused to be shaken, knowing, as Dr Martin Luther King Jr. said, that the arch of the moral universe may be long, but it bends towards justice.
“I knew the day would come when justice would prevail and I would be exonerated,’’ he said.
The president of the senate said that he had always believed in the infallibility of the judiciary, and was “secure in the knowledge that our courts, the last refuge of the oppressed, would never condemn the innocent.
“This outcome is also a vindication of my belief in the rule of law.
“As I said in my first appearance at the CCT, this is a politically-motivated case.
“The case was trumped up in the first instance because of my emergence as the President of the Senate, against the wishes of certain forces.
“Ordinarily, I doubt anyone would be interested in the asset declaration form I filled over 15 years ago. What we have seen is the opposite.
“Instead of working together in the interest of the nation and to seek to do better for our people, we are fighting one another and using legal instruments to mount baseless accusations against one another.
“Instead of exhibiting the need for unity and working day and night for that purpose, we are stoking the fire of division and rancour.’’
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