The Senate Wednesday removed the Code of Conduct Tribunal chairman Danladi Umar, over allegations of misconducts levelled against him.
Citing provisions of Section 157 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) the Senate moved the motion for the sacking of Mr. Umar. The motion was sponsored by Senator. Bamidele Opeyemi (APC- Ekiti) leader of the Senate.
Mr Opeyemi in the motion said that the CCT was saddled with sacred statutory responsibilities of maintaining high standards of morality in government business.
This, he said, was to ensure that the actions and behaviours of public officers conform to the highest standards of public morality and accountability. In 2021 Mr. Umar was caught in a video physically assaulting a security guard who had simply asked him to park his vehicle properly at Banex shoping plaza in Abuja.
He said it was worrisome that the Senate had been inundated with petitions and allegations of corruption, misconduct against the chairman through the Senate Committee on Ethics Code of Conduct and Public Petition.
This, he said, necessitated the 9th Senate to invite him to its investigative hearings to unravel circumstances surrounding those allegations.
“All these are tantamount to acts of negligence and gross misconduct unbecoming of a chairman of such a reputable tribunal. Aware of the series of overwhelming allegations against the Chairman, President, Tinubu forwarded the name of Mr Abdullahi Usman Bello to the Senate for confirmation as the new chairman of the tribunal.
“And at the plenary sitting of the Senate on July 4, his appointment was duly confirmed, hence the need for the erstwhile chairman to vacate the office for the substantive chairman to officially resume office,” said Senator Opeyemi. NAN
