A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has remanded Danladi Umar, former chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of his bail application in an alleged abuse of office case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Umar was arraigned on Thursday before Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on a four-count charge accusing him of conferring an undue advantage on himself while serving as chairman of the tribunal.
The former CCT chairman pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
Following the plea, Christopher Mshelia, counsel to the EFCC, asked the court to remand Umar in a correctional facility and fix a date for the commencement of trial. Related News Dangote Refinery raises Africa’s largest private capital ahead IPO Afrobeats strikes gold abroad as Super Eagles miss consecutive World Cups Overregulation chokes businesses as government moves to simplify rules
Counsel to the defendant informed the court that a bail application had already been filed and urged Justice Kekemeke to hear the application.
