The chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Danladi Umar, would be arraigned on March 15. The date was fixed by an Abuja High Court. Umar is facing a two-count charge of corruption preferred against him by the federal government. The two-count charge marked CR/109/18 was signed by Festus Keyamo.
In the charge, Umar is accused asking for a bribe to the tune of N10million naira in 2012 while presiding over a case with Charge No. CCT/ABJ/03/13 involving one Rasheed Owolabi Taiwo, at Abuja, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending Charge (in thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a) & (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.
He is also alleged have received another N1.8m from the said Rasheed Owolabi through his Personal Assistant Gambo Abdullahi, for a favour to be afterwards shown to him in relation to the pending charge in discharge of his official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 12(1)(a)&(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003. The case has been assigned to the Chief Judge of the court, Justice Ishaq Bello
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