Alleged false asset declaration: 3 Kaduna State Govt officials to be arraigned Nov. 7

The Kaduna State Commissioners for Internal Security, Samuel Peter; Finance, Shizzer Bada; and Executive Chairman of State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Tijjani Abdullahi are to be arraigned on Nov. 7 before the Code Of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press Unit in the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Veronica Kato in Abuja.

For this, she said that the three officials have been advised to step aside pending the hearing and determination of a motion filed on Oct. 21 and charges brought against them by the CCB.

She said that the order follows an ex parte application submitted by the CCB regarding allegations of violations of the CCB and Tribunal Act, CAP Cl LYN 2004.

Kato said that the bureau took action after receiving a petition against some senior Kaduna State Government officials for various infractions of the Code of Conduct for public officers.

She said that following comprehensive investigations, the CCB had approached the Tribunal to initiate trials.