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Alleged Misconduct: Reps Move To Oust CCT Chair, Umar

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Nov 26, 2024.

Ochefu Owoicho

The House of Representatives, like the senate, has invoked the provision of paragraph 17 (3), Part 1, fifth schedule to the constitution to remove Umar Danladi as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

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Hon. Julius Ihongbere (Edo-APC), who moved the motion drew strength from paragraph 17 (3), PT 1, Fifth Schedule of the Constitution and section 22(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act Cap , that the President is mandated to act on an address supported by a two-thirds majority of the Senate and House of Representatives for the removal of the chairman for misconduct.

CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar

The House drew attention to the conduct of the CCT Chairman, who recently engaged in a public brawl with a security guard at the Banex Plaza Shopping Complex, Abuja, necessitating an invitation from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions.

The lawmakers said after his first appearance, where he admitted to having been involved in the brawl, he refused to attend subsequent sittings, thereby frustrating the efforts of the committee to investigate the allegations against him.

According to the House, a statutory institution of such magnitude is expected to be an epitome of moral rectitude and virtues of integrity, probity, and accountability, however, the official conduct of Umar has fallen short of the requisite standard of a public officer to conduct the affairs of such a tribunal.

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