Banex Assault Saga: Senate Invites Lawyer Who Wrote Petition Against CCT Chairman

The Senate has invited a lawyer, Timzing Ramnap, to a public
hearing over his petition on the recent reported assault of a
security guard in Abuja by the chairman of the Code of Conduct
Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar.

The upper legislative chamber asked the lawyer to appear before
the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions for
a public hearing on May 5.

The invitation letter which is dated April 27.

The letter is titled, ‘Invitation to a Public Hearing of the
Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions in
Respect of a Petition by Timzing Veniyir Ramnap on behalf of
Clement Sagwak against the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal
Danladi Umar for Alleged Assault and Violent Attack on Him By The
Chairman’.

“I am directed to invite you to a public hearing of the Senate
Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions of the National
Assembly in respect of a petition you wrote on behalf of Clement
Sagwark against the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal Danladi Umar
for alleged assault and violent attack on him by the chairman and
sent to the Senate,” the letter read in part.

The letter signed by Freedom Osolo, the committee clerk, also
stated that “the matter has been referred to the committee for
detailed investigation and further legislative action”.

The committee informed the lawyer that “oral, written and
material evidence would be accepted in the course of the
presentation over the matter”.

It said additional evidence should be made available to the
committee before the presentation.

“You are by this invitation, required to appear before the
committee to make a presentation in connection with the petition in
reference.

“You may wish to note that oral, written and material would be
accepted in your presentation in connection with your petition in
reference. Ten (10) copies of all written additional evidence (if
any) should be made available to the Committee before presentation,
please,” the letter added.

Recall how the CCT chairman was caught on camera physically
assaulting Mr Sargwak, at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja, on March
29.

In the five-minute viral video clip, Mr Umar, who presides over
the trial of public officers accused of breach of code of conduct,
was seen slapping and kicking the security guard – after an
altercation ensued between them over a parking space on the
premises of the plaza.

The victim said he was attacked by Mr Umar after he approached
him for parking wrongly.

A phone repairer, Peter Onyiuke, present at the plaza, was also
detained for one week allegedly on Mr Umar’s instruction, following
a quarrel they had on the sideline of the scene created by the CCT
chairman’s attack on the plaza’s security guard.

Mr Umar, in his public response, denied assaulting the security
guard. The public official said he was the one assaulted at the
Banex plaza.

The Senate has invited a lawyer, Timzing Ramnap, to a public
hearing over his petition on the recent reported assault of a
security guard in Abuja by the chairman of the Code of Conduct
Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar.

The upper legislative chamber asked the lawyer to appear before
the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions for
a public hearing on May 5.

The invitation letter which is dated April 27.

The letter is titled, ‘Invitation to a Public Hearing of the
Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions in
Respect of a Petition by Timzing Veniyir Ramnap on behalf of
Clement Sagwak against the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal
Danladi Umar for Alleged Assault and Violent Attack on Him By The
Chairman’.

“I am directed to invite you to a public hearing of the Senate
Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions of the National
Assembly in respect of a petition you wrote on behalf of Clement
Sagwark against the Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal Danladi Umar
for alleged assault and violent attack on him by the chairman and
sent to the Senate,” the letter read in part.

The letter signed by Freedom Osolo, the committee clerk, also
stated that “the matter has been referred to the committee for
detailed investigation and further legislative action”.

The committee informed the lawyer that “oral, written and
material evidence would be accepted in the course of the
presentation over the matter”.

It said additional evidence should be made available to the
committee before the presentation.

“You are by this invitation, required to appear before the
committee to make a presentation in connection with the petition in
reference.

“You may wish to note that oral, written and material would be
accepted in your presentation in connection with your petition in
reference. Ten (10) copies of all written additional evidence (if
any) should be made available to the Committee before presentation,
please,” the letter added.

Recall how the CCT chairman was caught on camera physically
assaulting Mr Sargwak, at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja, on March
29.

In the five-minute viral video clip, Mr Umar, who presides over
the trial of public officers accused of breach of code of conduct,
was seen slapping and kicking the security guard – after an
altercation ensued between them over a parking space on the
premises of the plaza.

The victim said he was attacked by Mr Umar after he approached
him for parking wrongly.

A phone repairer, Peter Onyiuke, present at the plaza, was also
detained for one week allegedly on Mr Umar’s instruction, following
a quarrel they had on the sideline of the scene created by the CCT
chairman’s attack on the plaza’s security guard.

Mr Umar, in his public response, denied assaulting the security
guard. The public official said he was the one assaulted at the
Banex plaza.