The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) said on Wednesday that its chairman, Danladi Umar has been cleared of charges of bribery of N10million levelled against him by one AbdulRashid Owolabi, a retired officer on Nigeria Customs Service in his petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The petitioner had alleged that Mr. Umar demanded N10 million from him as a bribe to swing judgment in his favour when he was being tried by the Tribunal.
The National Assembly had also following the false assets declaration case of Dr Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate began investigation of the bribery allegation based on purported petition from an anti graft group.
However, the group which authored the petition failed to show up the two times it was invited by the Senate Committee on Ethic and Values tasked with investigation of the petition.
Nevertheless, the Senate last Monday summoned Mr Umar to appear before it without failure tomorrow following the decision of the Tribunal last Monday that Saraki’s trial will now hold day to day.
The Senate, according to latest information had withdrew the invitation on Wednesday afternoon.
But Raphael Oluyede, a lawyer close to Saraki had reportedly filed an application asking the Tribunal Chairman to disqualify himself from hearing the suit of false assets declaration against the Senate President on the basis of his ongoing investigation by the EFCC.
The lawyer had filed similar application which was dismissed by Justice Abdul Kafarati of Federal High Court, Abuja last Friday.
In the application, one of the many filed by the Senate President at different levels of Nigerian courts, Saraki asked Umar to disqualify himself from the trial on the basis that he may be biased in the handling of his trial since the EFCC which is in the forefront of the prosecution of the Senate President before the CCT is also investigating him.
The clearance given to Mr. Umar as announced in a statement by Ibraheem Al-hassan, Head, Press & Public Relations, CCT Headquarters, Abuja has unarguably knocked the bottom out of Oluyede’s scheme as a way of saving Saraki from trial.
Hassan said in the statement: “Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has today conveyed a letter to the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Hon Danladi Yakubu Umar, exonerating him on the alleged ten million naira (N10million) bribed by one AbdulRashid Owolabi, in his petition to the Commission.
“The letter was addressed to the Secretary to Government of the Federation, captioned “RE: Investigation Report RE: N10million Bribery Allegation against the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja” with reference NO: EFCC/P/NHRU/688/V.30/99, dated 20th April, 2016.
“The letter which was signed by Emmanuel Adegboyega Aremo, Secretary to the Commission reads:, ‘‘kindly recall our correspondence of 5th March, 2015, (reference EFCC/EC/SGF/03/56) with the above subject, please.”
“It added: ‘‘We would like to reiterate the Commission’s position in regard to this matter as earlier communicated to you and stated that the allegations leveled against Justice Umar were mere suspicious and consequently insufficient to successfully prosecute the offence.”
“Today’s clearance letter was second to the previous one sent on the 5th March,2015 during last of administration of President Goodluck Jonathan through the office of the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation Chief Pius Anyim.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Arrangee clearance!. so that Umar can do the bidding of the APC controlled federal government. Fairness and equity demands Umar to disqualify himself from the Saraki's case
ReplyDeletePlease try to pay attention to details. The last paragraph read ' today's clearance letter was second to the previous one sent on 5th March, 2015 during the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan through the office of the THEN SECRETARY to the government of the federation, Chief Pius Anyim'. Please does this make sense to you?
DeletePDP agent - you people are used to "arrangee arrangee", so think everyone buys into that. Even under GEJ's EFCC, this man had been cleared, was that also 'arrangee'?
DeleteOlodo @Mr 11:0pm don't u have eyes on details,anyway that's how they did things during PDP era,arrangee era
DeleteYou will not see any good in that because you have been misinformed. The petitioner was not arranged to the best of your knowledge because he is wailing in prison
Deleteplease don't mind him..Where there ought to be peace, some chosen fools and demons will choose to stir trouble. People like that are what this government needs to eradicate permanently as well as corruption.
DeleteBukola saraki is looking for every means to discontinue his case before CCT...Even if he eventually survives this,he can not survive the judgement from the Almighty for all atrocities he committed while govern kwara state and when he becomes the senator...Kwarans are no more fools!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy won't Saraki see the handwriting on the wall that no matter what strings he pulls, he is a goner? I am peeved at the fact that Kwara people's money is being frittered away for nothing, especially considering that the state is struggling to survive. Can't Saraki see?
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