The Senate has acknowledged an error in its earlier resolution advising President Bola Tinubu to remove Umar Danladi as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations of corruption and misconduct.
The upper chamber however, insisted that it does not invalidate their decision to sack the CCT Chairman.
Recall last Wednesday, the Senate led by the Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, invoked Section 157 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution as the legal basis for the resolution. That section, however, pertains to the removal of specific public officials, not the CCT chairman.
However during plenary on Tuesday, the Senate Leader admitted what they described as a mistake.
He called on the Senate to rescind the earlier constitutional provision and adopt the correct legal references. He explained that the appropriate sections to support the resolution were Section 17 (3) of the Nigerian Constitution and Section 22 (3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act 2004.
