A court clerk reads the charges to Nigeria Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal at Darki Biu, Jabi Abuja, Nigeria September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's third most senior politician, the head of the upper house of parliament, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of altering the senate's rules to get himself elected to the post, at the start of his trial.
Bukola Saraki, a member of President Muhammadu Buhari's party, is charged along with his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, of "forging" the upper house's rules during the process by which they were elected in June 2015.
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