The Code of Conduct Tribunal
(CCT) has ordered Azuka Azinge to step aside as acting registrar-general of the
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Azinge was arraigned before the
tribunal on December 23 on an 11-count charge bordering false declaration of
assets.
She was also accused of receiving
allowances she was not entitled to as an acting registrar-general of the
agency.
In its ruling, the CCT granted
the motion ex parte filed by the federal government through Code of Conduct
Bureau (CCB), ordering Azinge to step aside pending hearing and determination
of motion before the tribunal.
In a statement, Ibraheem
Al-Hassan, CCT’s head of press and public relations, said the order was issued
in Abuja under the seal of the tribunal.
“That defendant / respondent step
aside as the Acting Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission over
allegation of contravening provision of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act
CAP C1 LFN 2004 pending the hearing and determination of Motion on notice dated
on the 17th day of December, 2019,” the order read.
“That the Hon. Minister of Trade
and Industry and the Chairman of the Board of Corporate Affairs Commissions
pending the hearing and the determination of the motion on notice, dated and
filed on the 17th day of December, 2019.”
The tribunal adjourned the
hearing till January 6.
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