A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has ordered the remand of Danladi Umar, former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), at Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Justice Peter Kekemeke issued the order after Umar was
arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a
four-count charge of conferring undue advantage on himself while in office.
The EFCC alleged, among other things, that in 2021 Umar used his wife’s bank account to collect N5.5 million from a contractor engaged to paint the headquarters of the CCT in Abuja.
It was also alleged that on January 25, 2024, Umar used his
wife’s account to receive N6 million from a contractor who handled the
digitisation of the CCT’s records.
The ex-CCT boss was also accused of directing another
contractor to pay N2.43 million as the tuition fee for his daughter at Baze
University, Abuja.
Umar pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.
After the defendant’s plea, the prosecuting lawyer,
Christopher Mshelia, applied for a trial date and urged the court to remand
Umar in prison pending trial.
The defence lawyer, however, informed the court of the bail
application filed for the defendant and requested that it be heard.
Mshelia objected to the hearing of the bail application on
Thursday, on the grounds that he had just been served with it and would need
time to respond.
Ruling, Justice Kekemeke adjourned the hearing of the bail
application to July 15.
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