The Senate has commenced the process of investigating allegations of fraud, bribery and inflation of contracts preferred against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is currently standing trial before Umar’s panel over a 13-count charge of alleged false declaration of assets which was contained in the form he filled as Governor of Kwara State, at the Code of Conduct Bureau, sometimes in 2003.
But in what appeared to be a retaliatory move, a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Obinna Ogba, presented a petition against Umar on the floor of the red chamber, on Thursday.
Ogba explained that the petition was signed by one Ajaso. I Ajaso on behalf of a group, Anti Corruption Network.
He also said that the petitioners had not sought judicial remedy against Umar but seeking senate intervention to probe the corrupt allegations contained in the document.
Saraki consequently referred the petition to the committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions and asked the chairman, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, to carry out a thorough investigation and report back in two weeks.
When contacted after plenary, to get details of the petition, the committee chairman said it had already receiving legislative action.
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