BREAKING: Senate breaks into closed door session to discuss removal of CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar

In a move to discuss the removal of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar at the plenary presided by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, the Senate has broken into a closed door session.

In a motion, which was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele,  he cited Section 157(1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended to remove Justice Umar as Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman.

Opeyemi is urging the Senate to rely on the Constitutional provision, saying that there are a plethora of petitions against the Chairman.

Meanwhile, the Constitution stipulated the two-third majority of the joint Chambers before a Chairman of CCT can be removed from office.

If the removal of Justice Danladi Umar is effected, it will pave way for one Mr Abdullahi Usman Bello to be sworn in as a substantive Chairman