Posted on: 11:32 Wed, 15 Jun 2016



The Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, on Tuesday filed a fresh
application, seeking the
disqualification of Danladi Umar,
Chairman of the Code of Conduct
Tribunal, from further hearing his
ongoing 16-count corruption case
at the CCT.

Saraki accused Danladi Umar of
being biased based on the comment
he made at the last proceedings on
June 7, 2016, while warning the
defence team against delay tactics.

“I am not happy at the delay tactics
by the defence counsel and I must
say this thing out that this delay
tactics will not reduce the
consequences the defendant will
meet in this tribunal at the end of
the trial”, Umar had said.

Saraki, through his lawyer, Kanu
Agabi (SAN), alleged that Umar’s
statement would prejudice the
outcome of the trial.

The fresh application is the second
filed by the Senate President asking
the CCT chairman to withdraw
from his trial.

The Umar-led CCT had on April 28
dismissed the earlier application
which sought the withdrawal of the
CCT chairman from the trial on the
basis of an alleged ongoing
investigation of his involvement in
a N10m bribery allegation.