The Nigerian Senate has admitted that there was an error in its earlier resolution asking President Bola Tinubu to sack Umar Danladi as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations of corruption and misconduct. The red chamber of the National Assembly, however, insisted that it did not invalidate its decision to sack the…
The House of Representatives has passed a motion to remove the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Umar Danladi. This comes after a motion moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Julius Ihonvbere (APC, Edo), who cited Section 17(3) of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution. Constitutional requirement stipulates that Danladi…
The Nigerian Senate has removed the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar from office. The removal followed the two-thirds majority of Senators required to validate the resolution of the legislative Chamber. The Senate Leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele had sponsored a motion seeking the “invocation of the provision of Section 157(1) of the…