EFCC Files Fraud Charge Against CCT Chairman, Umar Danladi

EFCC Files Fraud Charge Against CCT Chairman, Umar Danladi

It’s a case of the hunter being hunted as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, filed a fraud charge against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Umar Danladi before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.

Justice Umar is presiding over the charge of false declaration of assets filed against the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki.

The charge filed by the Chamber of Festus Keyamo accused the CCT Chairman of demanding and collecting money to pervert the course of justice.

The charge designated CR/109/18 as filed by Lagos based lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Festus Keyamo, on behalf of the EFCC is reproduced below:

COUNT 1
That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did ask for the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in discharge of your official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.

COUNT 2
That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did receive the sum of N1,800,000.00 (One Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, through your Personal Assistant by name Alhaji Gambo Abdullahi, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in discharge of your official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.