The House of Representatives, on Tuesday received a petition
bordering on corruption allegations against the Chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar.
The petition was
presented by the Chairman, House Committee on Army, Rep. Shawulu Kwewum
(Taraba-PDP) on behalf of Anti-Corruption Network, a civil society
organisation.
Submitting the document, Kwewum alleged that former
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed
Adoke, had recommended that two persons were to be arrested and
investigated for alleged corruption.
He
stated that in compliance with Adoke’s recommendation, one Ali
Abdullahi was arrested and prosecuted but the other person, who is the
current chairman of the CCT, was not.
“The petitioner is now
seeking the house to wade into the matter with a view to seeing that the
second person, Danladi is immediately arrested.
“He should be
made to face the law in compliance with the recommendations of the
former attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice,’’ he
stated.
According to the petition, part of the allegations
levelled against the CCT chairman, include misappropriation of N1
million for his wedding and misappropriation of N4.2 million for
external light bulbs.
He
was equally accused of fictitious contract for the supply of office
furniture and fittings in the sum of N11.4 million, among other
allegations.
The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, directed that the petition be laid before the house.
Dogara
ruled that the House Committee on Public Petition should take charge of
the matter ‘’for further legislative action’’.
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