The
chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has been slammed with a
lawsuit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a
two-count charge of fraud against Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT), according to TheCable.
In the charge sheet seen by TheCable, the anti-graft agency alleged
that in 2012, Umar demanded a bribe of N10 million from one Rasheed
Taiwo who had a case at the tribunal.
Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), filed the suit at
the high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) on behalf of the
EFCC.
Count 1 read: “That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with
Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime
in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did
ask for the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) from the said
Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in
relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in discharge of your
official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section
12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Act, 2003.
The charge sheet
Count 2 read: “That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with
Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime
in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did
receive the sum of N1,800,000.00 (One Million, Eight Hundred Thousand
Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, through your Personal
Assistant by name Alhaji Gambo Abdullahi, for a favour to be afterwards
shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in
discharge of your official duties and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act.”
Former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Umar after he was
recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Federal
Judicial Service Commission.
On September 18, 2015, Umar made history by becoming the first
judge in the country to issue an arrest warrant against a sitting senate
president.
He had ordered the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki who
failed to appear before the tribunal in the trial of alleged false
declaration of assets.
The tribunal eventually discharged and acquitted Saraki.
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