The Senate has made it clear that the case of the assault allegation against the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, has not gone cold before it, stressing that the judicial officer should unfailingly appear before it at its next sitting on Tuesday, 13th July 2021.
This was as the upper legislative chamber denied colluding with the CCT Chairman to sweep the matter under the carpet; allowing it to slowly go cold as being alleged by the petitioner, Clement Sargwak, and his lawyers.
Akinyelure said, on the contrary, it is the petitioner, Clement Sargwak, and his lawyers who are trying to blackmail the Senate and tarnish the integrity of the institution in the eyes of the Nigerian public when the two appeared in an interview with reporters, claiming not to know nothing about a letter forwarded to him by the Petitioner asking to withdraw the case against the CCT Chairman.
“When I was intimated with this development, I said no this cannot happen. I called Clement Sargwak to ensure that this was not a misrepresentation. Clement answered me on a speakerphone that his father ordered him to go and withdraw the petition.”
Akinyelure said he asked the petitioner if he had informed his lawyers about his decision to withdraw the matter and that if he had not, there cannot be any valid grounds to withdraw the matter since it was the lawyer that filed the case before the Senate, insisting that the case must continue.
The Panel Chairman said he was shocked that the two turned around to blackmail the Senate even after his panel had at the last hearing fixed 13th July 2021 to continue with the case.
Akinyelure said both the petitioner and the CCT Chairman must now make it a date with his panel, sounding a note of warning that it will not entertain any more excuses from the CCT Chairman who had in the last two hearings failed to appear before it on grounds of ill-health.
