Toeing the line of the Senate, the House of Representatives Tuesday voted to remove the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman Danladi Umar.
The House of Reps during its plenary invoke paragraph 17 (3), part 1, fifth schedule of the 1999 constitution as amended, and section 22(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act Cap C15 LFN 2004.
The above section of the constitution stipulates that: “A person holding the office of Chairman or member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal shall not be removed from his office or appointment by the President except upon an address supported by two-thirds majority of each House of the National Assembly praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office in question (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body) or for misconduct or for contravention of this Code”.
Mr. Umar drew the ire of the lawmakers when he refused to appear for a hearing on an alleged misconduct. He was caught on camera 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 house noted that 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.
