REPS MOVE TO SACK CCT CHAIRMAN, UMAR DANLADI
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Similar to the Senate, the House of Representatives has invoked the provisions of paragraph 17(3), Part 1, Fifth Schedule of the Constitution to initiate the removal process of Umar Danladi, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, FCT, from office.
Hon. Julius Ihonvbere, who moved the motion, drew strength from paragraph 17(3), PT 1, Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, and section 22(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act Cap, that the President is mandated to act on an address supported by a two-thirds majority of the Senate and House of Representatives for the removal of the chairman for misconduct.
The house drew attention to the conduct of the CCT Chairman, who recently engaged in a public brawl with a security guard at the Banex Plaza Shopping Complex, Abuja, necessitating an invitation from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions.
The lawmakers said after his first appearance, where he admitted to having been involved in the brawl, he refused to attend subsequent sittings, thereby frustrating the efforts of the committee to investigate the allegations against him.
The house noted that a statutory institution of such magnitude is expected to be an epitome of moral rectitude and virtues of integrity, probity, and accountability; however, the official conduct of Umar has fallen short of the requisite standard of a public officer to conduct the affairs of such a tribunal.
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