Senate Reopens Assault Case against CCT Boss •Umar shuns summons Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has reopened the case of assault leve
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has reopened the case of assault levelled against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar.
Though the embattled CCT Chairman had on invitation, appeared before the committee once, he shunned several other invitations thereafter. The Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, who addressed journalists on the matter yesterday, said the case against Umar had been reopened. “The CCT Chairman infringed on the right of a young Nigerian who had no money to approach the Court, brought his petition to the Senate.
“The Senate decided to reopen the case because it was a declarative judgment. He was to appear before us today but instead came with court papers claiming that he had appealed the judgment. “Umar has a lot of things to hide, he does not want to face the press because he knows that he has infringed on the rights of a Nigerian.