Ex-CCT Chairman Danladi Umar Granted N100m Bail in Abuja

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, granted bail on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, to Danladi Umar, the former chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, who faces corruption charges. Justice Peter Kekemeke set bail at 100 million naira with one surety in the same amount, ordering Umar to surrender his international passport and remain in the country.

Umar was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on July 9 and remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre. He pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge alleging he abused his office by conferring corrupt advantages on himself. The court adjourned the case to October 29, 2026, for trial.

The EFCC alleges that between 2021 and 2024, while serving as tribunal chairman, Umar directed contractors working for the tribunal to make payments to his family. In one count, he is accused of causing a subcontractor, Kurchmives International Limited, to pay 5.5 million naira into his wife's bank account in October 2021 for a painting contract at the tribunal's headquarters. Another count alleges that on January 25, 2024, a company linked to a contractor for digitizing tribunal records paid 6 million naira into the...