Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has said the rule of law must prevail in the trial of  Senate President Bukola Saraki. It called for fairness and transparency  in the anti-graft battle.

At a conference in Lagos, CLO President Igho Akeregha explained that the organisation was fully in support of the government’s anti-corruption crusade, but there must be no witch-hunt.

He said the Senate President must be allowed to ventilate his rights through all the legal options, noting that judges must be encouraged to follow the fine lines of the law, devoid of external influences.

Akeregha said “We make haste to applaud this administration for its courage in bringing to courts one of its principal actors in the person of the Senate President. We acknowledge that this is part of the administration’s effort in stamping out corruption from our national life.

“However, after reviewing the trial so far, the CLO contends that while engaging this battle, the government may have unwittingly been walking in error and playing into the hands of those whose interest it is to whittle down and frustrate the anti-corruption battle.”