I’ll Jail Senators, Journalists With Hard Labour – CCT Chair
Danladi Umar – CCT Chairman[/caption]
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, went berserk on Tuesday during the resumed trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, threatening to jail senators and journalists with hard labour.
Umar while warning Senators attending court sessions in solidarity with Saraki, said if he does so, nobody will question him.
The chairman became infuriated over ‘rude’ comments from senators and other supporters of Saraki seated in the court gallery, who repeatedly asked Rotimi Jacobs SAN, prosecution counsel, to “sit down.”
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“If I hear anybody ask the counsel to sit down, I will deal with the person and nobody can question me about it. In fact, I will hold the person in contempt and sentence the person to hard labour and nobody will question me.”
Speaking further, Umar accused journalists of false publications regarding him and the CCT, stressing that “journalists should be punished” for publishing falsehood.
“It is a criminal offence,” he said, asking for the “reintroduction of Decree No 2″.
“Just because they want to sell their papers and make money they publish falsehood.”
