By Abdulwahab Abdulah
Access to Justice, A2J, has called for the immediate suspension of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Mr Danladi Umar pending the trial of the criminal charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In a statement, Mr Joseph Otteh, the Executive Director of A2J, said Umar supposed to go on an indefinite leave pending a formal suspension, notwithstanding the trial.
According to the body, it was no longer tenable for Umar to continue in office as the Chairman of the Tribunal, saying he “has brought the CCT nothing but public ridicule and embarrassment which has done incalculable harm to the image of the Tribunal and the Judiciary in Nigeria.”
The group argued that the CCT needed a new leadership that would restore public trust in the Tribunal, “provide purposeful leadership for the staff of the Tribunal and put the tribunal’s powers to effective use.”
Beside, it called on the government to appoint a third member to make the CCT, meet its responsibility, arguing that “the failure of the Federal Government to appoint a 3rd member of the CCT to fill a position that has been vacant for many years now greatly undermines the work of the CCT and the fight against corruption.”
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