The House of Representatives on Tuesday aligned with the Senate in recommending the removal of Umar Danladi as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over alleged misconduct. 

This decision followed a motion presented during plenary by the House Leader, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere.

This followed a motion moved by the House Leader, Prof Julius Ihonvbere at plenary on Tuesday.

Daily Trust reports that the Senate had earlier passed a resolution asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove Umar as the CCT chairman.         

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The motion was titled: “Need to Invoke the Provision of Paragraph 17 (3), Part 1, Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended) for the Removal from Office of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal.” 

Ihonvbere said the official conduct of Yakubu Danladi Umar as chairman of the tribunal, has fallen short of the requisite standard of a public officer to conduct the affairs of such a tribunal. 

He said the House was aware of the conduct of Umar, whom he said, engaged in a public brawl with a security guard at the Banex Plaza Shopping Complex in Abuja, which necessitated an invitation from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions. 

The lawmaker said after Umar’s first appearance, where he admitted to having been involved in the brawl, he refused to attend subsequent sittings, thereby frustrating the efforts of the committee to investigate the allegations against him. 

Ihonvbere cited constitutional provisions, including Paragraph 17 (3), Part 1, Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 22(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap C15 LFN 2004. These provisions empower the president to act on a resolution supported by a two-thirds majority of both the Senate and House of Representatives to remove the tribunal chairman for misconduct.