The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed fraud charges against the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Danladi Yakubu Umar.
According to the suit filed at the High Court of FCT, Abuja by Festus Keyamo for EFCC, Umar is accused of asking for the sum of N10m from one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo so that he will be shown favour in relation to a pending charge at CCT.
The CCT chairman is facing the charge that he “receive the sum of N1,800,000.00 (One Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, through your Personal Assistant by name Alhaji Gambo Abdullahi
The first charge in the suit between Federal Government (complainant) versus Danladi Yakubu Umar reads: “That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did ask for the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in discharge of your official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.
The second charge against the CCT boss reads: “That you, DANLADI YAKUBU UMAR, being the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and presiding over a case with Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12, involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, sometime in 2012, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did receive the sum of N1,800,000.00 (One Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) from the said Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, through your Personal Assistant by name Alhaji Gambo Abdullahi, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (No. CCT/ABJ/03/12) in discharge of your official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.
The list of documents to be relied on for the prosecution of the case include Petition dated 20th June, 2013, by Rasheed O. Taiwo; Statement of the Defendant; Zenith Bank Statement of Taiwo Rasheed Owolabi; Zenith Bank Statement of Ali Gambo Abdullahi; Copy of Zenith bank Cheque of Taiwo Rasheed Owolabi; Copy of Zenith Bank Cheque of Ali Gambo Abdullahi; All processes and documents in Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/12; Statements of Witnesses; Other relevant documents and Proof of Evidence
