Two years ago, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cleared Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), of allegations of fraud levelled against him.
A group called Anti-Corruption Network had written a petition against Umar, accusing him of demanding a bribe of N10 million from one Rasheed Taiwo, a former customs official who was facing false assets declaration charges before the CCT.
Umar was also accused of receiving N1.8 million of the N10 million bribe through one of his personal assistants, Gambo Abdullahi.
This was said to have happened in 2012.
On April 20, 2016, the commission wrote a letter to the secretary to the government of the federation, absolving Umar of any wrongdoing.
The letter with the title “Investigation into N10 million bribery allegations against chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal” was signed by Emmmanuel Aremo, secretary of the commission.
“The allegations levelled against Justice Umar were mere suspicions and consequently insufficient to successfully prosecute the offence,” the letter read.