Browsing: Danladi Umar

The coalition raised the alarm on Friday at a news conference addressed by its First National Spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere

The Federal Government through the Code of Conduct Bureau filed six counts of non-declaration of assets charges against Onnoghen.

Three years of back-and-forth allegations in court between a sitting President of the Senate and the state was not a pleasant sight to behold. Apart from the toll on the collective image of the country, it literally sets out to undo what ordinarily could have been the gains of the current democratic experience, especially given the strongly rooted assumption that the charges were trumped up to teach him some lessons for being a deviant

The trial of a Chief Superintendent of Customs, Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, for alleged refusal to declare his assets as required…

The tribunal chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, and member, William Atedze Agwadza, in their ruling agreed with the argument of the judge that as a serving Justice of the Supreme Court, he could not be tried in any court or tribunal, except after he had been subjected to the investigatory and disciplinary processes of the National Judicial Council.

According to a statement by Ibraheem AL-Hassan, Head, Press and Public Relations of the tribunal, the trial would be conducted at the state High Court in Bauchi.

The Counsel in a trinity application before the Apex Court challenging the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, failed to file appropriate exhibits of the two lower courts along with other processes he filed in the court

The tribunal fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the apex court justice and that of the Federal Government on the propriety or otherwise of the charge of false declaration of assets

Saraki said this in a series of tweets on his Tweeter handle and a message on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning

However, unlike in the recent time, Saraki will only defend himself on three count charges as ordered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, which in its judgement nullified 15 out of 18 charges against the senator

In a petition sent to the anti-graft agency, CSNAC through its National Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, said the myriad of witnesses on the alleged issue of bribery and abuse of office from a case between the CCT chair and a retired Comptroller of Customs, Rasheed Taiwo, appears to indict Umar, hence the need for investigation on the matter

According to Umar, the defendants comprise of ex-Special Advisers and Local Government Councillors that served between 2008 and 2009.

It involves 50 public officers, comprising ex-Special Advisers, local government counselors that served between 2008 and 2009 and two Clerks from Esit and Etim Local Government Areas

The EFCC made its final submissions on Wednesday at the conclusion of trial-within-trial conducted by Justice Chizobia Oji following the counter claim by Abdullahi that he implicated his boss in the N10 million bribery issue under duress and inducement by the EFCC

The adjournment followed the failure of the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), to show up 45 minutes after proceedings should have commenced

Umar’s former Personal Assistant, Ali Gambo Abdullahi, said this while giving evidence in the trial-within-trial on the disputed statement he made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in respect of N10 million bribe allegedly demanded by his boss from Owolabi

It said: “The statement by the Chairman was made out of joke, not to intimidate any member of the Fourth Estate of the Realm in this country from observing their statutory functions as mandated by the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, as anchored in liberal democratic society like ours

Recall that during the military administration of General Muhammadu Buhari, Decree Number 2 gave the Chief of Staff at the Supreme Headquarters the power to detain for up to six months without trial anyone considered a security risk

Umar’s caution followed a point of objection raised by the Prosecution Counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), saying that the defence should not ask the witness questions regarding a company called Carlisle Properties and Investment Company Limited

Tinubu, a leader of the then opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government, was charged before the CCT and discharged in 2011 during the administration of the former President Goodluck Jonathan