TINUBU- standing trial or" sitting trial" ?

It is now a notorious fact that the Former governor of Lagos state has been dragged before the code of conduct tribunal ,CCT sitting in Abuja on three count charge that he operated 10 foreign accounts while in office between 1999 and 2007.

A mild drama ensued at the tribunal yesterday while the trial was on , while the prosecution counsel and defence counsel were busy having their verbal warfare on some preliminary issues Tinubu remained comfortably seated at the gallery, a situation that prompted the prosecution Lawyer to insist that he should mount the dock

“Before we proceed Sir, I wish to make an observation. This is a criminal matter, and by the rules of this court once an accused is before the tribunal, a chair is placed for him at the dock to sit and listen to the proceedings.”

The lead defence lawyer Wole Olanipekun SAN immediately sprung to his feet to argue agaonst the prosecution counsels's submission but before he could do this Tinubu voluntarily took his sit at the dock? even then one still wonders is Tinubu standing trial or sitting trial ? Many believed nothing will come out of this trial meaning they have no confidence in the process, or are Nigerians are just psychologically defeated ?!

The Governors of Osun state and Oyo state Rauf Aregbesola and Abiola Ajimobi both members of the (ACN) Action Congress were both at the Venue and expressed the opinion that the whole process was nothing but a Political warfare masterminded by the ruling party peoples Democratic party PDP. Tinubu himself was quoted to have said the process is just an attempt politically witch hunt him.

This has been the excuse present and past political office holders always put forward when indicted for any offence. The most important question that should always be asked is that Is the accused person guilty of the offence? Is he guilty as charged? Tinubu himself was quoted to have said

"they said i operated foreign accounts,they are yet to provide evidence i used state funds in operating foreign accounts"

The Ex Governor seems to have forgotten that the charge was not that of whether he used state fund to operate the foreign account or not, but the existence of the foreign accounts itself while he was in office is the crime he was being docked for. The issue of Political undertone to any trial should only be raised when the person being tried has been cleared of all charges !! is Tinubu's hands clean ? And i hope something positive will come out of this trial and that Tinubu is actually standing trials and not " sitting trial" in other words lets hope this will be a serious trial and justice will be seen to be done by the ordinary Nigerians.