Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal
(CCT), says he was attacked in Abuja by a mob that was “chanting secessionist
and sectional slogan.”
Umar told PRNigeria that the assault saga involving him at a
popular plaza in the nation’s capital has left him traumatised and
disappointed.
The CCT chairman was caught on video hitting a security man
who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular plaza
in Abuja.
In his defence, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, said the guard was rude and could not provide a reasonable explanation why Umar should not park in the said space.
But in an interview with PRNigeria, Umar said: “As part of
my routine activities outside the office and official duties, like any regular
Nigerian, I always drive myself and move around freely to places of worship,
markets and gyms, among others, without any paraphernalia of office.
“I enjoy such freedom being a believer that one day one
would leave whatever office one occupies and returning to living the normal
life.
“Therefore, when I was accosted by the Plaza guard in a very
rude manner on arriving there, I had maintained my accustomed decorum before I
was drawn into an unnecessary altercation and subsequently assaulted, with this
degenerating into an attack and injury by a mob that was chanting secessionist
and sectional slogans.”
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