The Senate on Tuesday directed
its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to probe the alleged
assault on a security guard by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau,
Danladi Umar.
The Senate President, Ahmad
Lawan, gave the directive after the Senator representing Plateau North,
Istifanus Gyang, laid a petition before the Senate on behalf of the victim,
Clement Sargwak.
The victim through his representative in the red chamber alleged in his petition that he was assaulted by Umar and a policeman attached to him after he informed him (Umar) that his car was wrongly parked.
The 22-year-old employee of Jul
Reliable Guards Services Limited, posted as a security guard to Banex Plaza, in
Wuse, Abuja, told the Senate that he was attacked by Umar last month.
He said the CCT boss slapped him
severally and forced him to kneel down in the presence of everybody while
undergoing his lawful activities.
He, therefore, asked the Senate to ensure justice was done on his case.
The Senate President asked the
Chairman of the Ethics panel, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, to investigate the matter
and report back to the Senate within four weeks.
Umar was caught in a viral video
clip slapping and kicking the security guard following an altercation between
them over the space where the CCT chairman parked his car on the premises of
the plaza.
The CCT, had, however, in a
statement, denied the assault allegation.
The Tribunal insisted that it was
Umar that was assaulted by “some miscreants” who gathered at the scene of the
incident.
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