The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) boss, Umar Danladi was spotted in a viral video on Tuesday, where he was seen kicking a security guard at a complex in Abuja.
Mr. Umar Danladi, who had gone to the complex to get some things and get his phone repaired, according to his media aide, was disrupted from parking at the spot by the security guard. The security guard was reported to have not given a concrete reason what Mr. Umar shouldn't park his car at the spot. This lead to a verbal exchange that led to physical exchange, before the police officers arrived at the scene.
A press release by the CCT boss Head of Press and Public Relations, Ibraheem Al-Hassan said, “usual place of visits for the past 18 years for shopping and repairs of his phones” and he had never had any dispute with anyone during any of his visits to the place. Al-Hassan said the boss see the need to identify himself, saying “the boy was rude in his approach and threatened to deal with chairman if he refused to leave the scene.”
“Unfortunately, yesterday’s altercations started over a parking lot, which the chairman met vacant and it was directly opposite a shop where he wanted to make a purchase and to fix his phone when the young security guard sighted him and ordered that the chairman should not park his car in that particular space,”
Al-Hassan said before police officers could arrive at the scene, some miscreants started throwing things at his boss and even broke the screen of his car, “At the point, he attempted to leave the scene, these same miscreants ordered for the closure of the gate, thereby assaulting him before the arrival of police team from Maitama police station,
Many Nigerians have taken to social media, calling for the arrest and removal of the boss. Popular Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu said “Chairman of the Code of Conduct tribunal refers to citizens as Biafran Boys? This is the height of it!
“Justice Danladi Umar needs to be removed from office! He has shown his bias and his position requires neutrality.”
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