Assault Saga: Access To Justice Demands Removal Of Danladi Umar As CCT Chairman

The Access to Justice (A2Justice) group has demanded the
immediate removal of Danladi Umar as chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged abuse of power.

Umar was caught on video hitting a security man who had told him
his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular plaza in
Abuja.

In his defence, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, said the
guard was rude and could not provide a reasonable explanation why
Umar should not park in the said space.

Joseph Otteh, A2Justice convener, said on Saturday that the
assault of the guard is “indefensible and callous, and is a naked
and unbridled abuse of power.”

“Unfortunately, the police have failed to arrest and charge Mr.
Danladi Umar for assault, signaling once again, the deep flaws and
dysfunctionalities of Nigeria’s law enforcement institutions,” he
added via a statement.

“Mr. Umar’s conduct has considerably ridiculed and diminished
both himself and the Judiciary in Nigeria, but this is not the
first time he has exhibited rash, pugnacious character.

“His behaviour is indecorous, unfitting for a judicial officer,
an affront to norms of civil behaviour, more so, that expected of a
public officer and hugely incompatible with the professional
standards of a judicial officer.”

The group asked the CCT chairman to resign and if he fails to do
so, “the Presidency (should) immediately remove Mr. Danladi Umar
from office after disciplinary proceedings.”

“The National Judicial Council (NJC), led by the Hon. Chief
Justice of Nigeria, on behalf of the Nigerian Judiciary, should
demand the immediate removal of Mr. Danladi from office by the
Presidency, given how his conduct has further tarnished the image
of the Judiciary,” it said.

The Access to Justice (A2Justice) group has demanded the
immediate removal of Danladi Umar as chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged abuse of power.

Umar was caught on video hitting a security man who had told him
his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular plaza in
Abuja.

In his defence, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, said the
guard was rude and could not provide a reasonable explanation why
Umar should not park in the said space.

Joseph Otteh, A2Justice convener, said on Saturday that the
assault of the guard is “indefensible and callous, and is a naked
and unbridled abuse of power.”

“Unfortunately, the police have failed to arrest and charge Mr.
Danladi Umar for assault, signaling once again, the deep flaws and
dysfunctionalities of Nigeria’s law enforcement institutions,” he
added via a statement.

“Mr. Umar’s conduct has considerably ridiculed and diminished
both himself and the Judiciary in Nigeria, but this is not the
first time he has exhibited rash, pugnacious character.

“His behaviour is indecorous, unfitting for a judicial officer,
an affront to norms of civil behaviour, more so, that expected of a
public officer and hugely incompatible with the professional
standards of a judicial officer.”

The group asked the CCT chairman to resign and if he fails to do
so, “the Presidency (should) immediately remove Mr. Danladi Umar
from office after disciplinary proceedings.”

“The National Judicial Council (NJC), led by the Hon. Chief
Justice of Nigeria, on behalf of the Nigerian Judiciary, should
demand the immediate removal of Mr. Danladi from office by the
Presidency, given how his conduct has further tarnished the image
of the Judiciary,” it said.