A statement implicating the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Yakubu Umar in a N10 million bribery case has been ruled by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as freely made by Ali Gambo Abdullahi, his personal assistant and protocol officer.
A high court has ruled that a statement implicating Umar can be used in a trial of his former aide.
The Guardian reports that the court therefore dismissed the claim by Abdullahi that the implicating statement he made in 2013 was done under duress from the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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Abdullahi had been invited by EFCC following a petition by a retired Deputy Customs Comptroller Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi claiming that he gave the bribe through him to the CCT boss.
Abdullahi said Umar met severally in his chamber with the accused person Owolabi, who was standing trial before the court on false assets declaration charges.
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In his ruling, Justice Orji described as an afterthought, the claim by Abdullahi that he acted under coercion and fixed March 27 for continuation of trial of the defendant.
Meanwhile, strong indications have emerged that at least 227 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission indicted by the EFCC will be suspended by the electoral body this week.
According to the report, it was gathered on Sunday, March 5 that those facing sanctions include those indicted in the probes by the joint coalition of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the police and the Department of State Services.
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