Alleged N10m Bribery: CCT Chairman’s Arraignment Stalled

The scheduled arraignment of the Chairman of Code of
Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar over an allegation of receiving
N10million from one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo has been
stalled.

Mr Umar was to be arraigned before the Chief Judge of the FCT
High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, but court authorities said the
matter has been transferred to FCT High Court, Jabi.

The charge was filed on behalf of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Festus Keyamo, SAN, at the High Court
of the Federal Capital Territory.

The Attorney-General had directed the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim
Magu, to explain why he instituted a 2-count criminal charge at the
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the Chairman of
Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar.

In the query, the Attorney-General also demanded an explanation
from Mr Festus Keyamo to explain who briefed him to file the charge
against the CCT Chairman.

The CCT chairman is accused of asking for a bribe to the tune of
ten million naira from one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, in 2012, as
payment for a favour to be afterward shown to him in relation to
the pending Charge in the code of conduct tribunal.

The scheduled arraignment of the Chairman of Code of
Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar over an allegation of receiving
N10million from one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo has been
stalled.

Mr Umar was to be arraigned before the Chief Judge of the FCT
High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, but court authorities said the
matter has been transferred to FCT High Court, Jabi.

The charge was filed on behalf of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Festus Keyamo, SAN, at the High Court
of the Federal Capital Territory.

The Attorney-General had directed the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim
Magu, to explain why he instituted a 2-count criminal charge at the
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the Chairman of
Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar.

In the query, the Attorney-General also demanded an explanation
from Mr Festus Keyamo to explain who briefed him to file the charge
against the CCT Chairman.

The CCT chairman is accused of asking for a bribe to the tune of
ten million naira from one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, in 2012, as
payment for a favour to be afterward shown to him in relation to
the pending Charge in the code of conduct tribunal.