Mr Danladi Umar, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has said he will appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court delivered by Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, 26th April 2022. Umar and his lead counsel, Barrister Sunday Edward, are of the firm view that the subject matter of the petition that […]
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The chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar and his alleged assault victim, Clement Sagwark, have been summoned to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on July 13 The Senate is seeking to use their appearance to clarify withdrawal of petition against Umar on by […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday ruled that Senate President Bukola Saraki has no case to answer at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Recall that the CCT had struck out the alleged false assets declaration charges against the senate president but the federal government filed an appeal. But in its ruling on Friday, […]
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has clarified that Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar remains its chairman in the prosecution of public officers who contravene asset declaration laws in the country as mandated by the federal government and the country’s constitution. The Head of Press and Public Relations of the tribunal, Malam Ibraheem Alhassan who made […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed July 6 to deliver judgment on the appeal filed by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, in respect to the false asset declaration charges preferred against him. The court will also deliver judgment on the cross appeal filed by the federal government with regard to the charges. Justice […]
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on Thursday adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki indefinitely. Saraki is being tried on three of the 18 counts of false assets declaration filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Senate President was accompanied to the court by not less than 20 […]
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The Court of Appeal has said that even though the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Yakubu Umar was absolved by the Economic Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a bribery petition written against him by a former Customs Controller Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi, the Chairman cannot still participate in the trial of Owolabi in the […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, will today (Tuesday) be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, an agency of the Nigerian Government. Saraki is facing an abridged three-count charge which derived from the original 18-count charge preferred against him for false assets declaration. In a Facebook post confirming his arraignment, Saraki said […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh two-count charge of fraud against Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In the suit filed at the high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) by Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on behalf of the EFCC, it was […]
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The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has dismissed 15 out of 18 counts false assets declaration charges brought against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki by the federal government for being incompetent in the face of the law. The Court however remitted three count charges to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to conduct a […]
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