Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has demanded that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) take an action on the assault allegation levelled against the Chairperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar.

Asked by PREMIUM TIMES to respond to Mr Falana’s demand on Wednesday, the Publicity Secretary of the body of Nigerian lawyers, Rapuluchukwu Nduka, vowed that the association would take steps on the matter.

This newspaper reported on Tuesday that Mr Umar was caught in a viral video clip kicking and slapping a security guard at Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja, on Monday.

The CCT chair’s conduct, which followed an altercation between him and the security guard over a parking space on the premises of the plaza, has been widely condemned with some calling for his prosecution.

In its bid to downplay the incident, the CCT’s Press and Publicity unit on Tuesday issued an error-ridden statement denying the assault allegation.

The statement said it was Mr Umar that was assaulted by “some miscreants” who gathered at the scene of the incident.

Demand for action
Speaking at a webinar orgainsed by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Mr Falana charged the NBA to take the matter seriously.

The NBA President, Olumide Akpata, was represented by Max Ikongbeh, who spoke before Mr Falana made his contribution during the event which also had the chair of PACAC, Itse Sagay, and the President of the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, in attendance on Tuesday.