The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered the suspension of the Acting Registrar -General of the Corporate Affairs Commission , Azuka Azinge .

This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Head , Press and Public Relations of the CCT , Ibraheem Al -Hassan

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered the suspension of the Acting Registrar -General of the Corporate Affairs Commission , Azuka Azinge .

This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Head , Press and Public Relations of the CCT , Ibraheem Al -Hassan .

He said the order suspending Azinge was issued on December 24 , 2019 by the Umar Danladi -led three – man tribunal based on an ex parte application by the Federal Government , through the Code of Conduct Bureau .

He said the order suspending Azinge was issued on December 24 , 2019 by the Umar Danladi -led three – man tribunal based on an ex parte application by the Federal Government , through the Code of Conduct Bureau .

According to the statement , the ex parte application was earlier filed before the CCT by the CCB on December 17 .

The statement quoted the CCT ’ s order as reading as , “ that defendant / respondent step aside as the Acting Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission over allegation of contravening provision of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act CAP C 1 LFN 2004 pending the hearing and determination of Motion on notice dated on the 17 th day of December , 2019 . ”

The Tribunal directed the “ Hon . Minister of Trade and Industry and the Chairman of the Board of Corporate Affairs Commissions ” to execute the order of suspension which is to subsist “ pending the hearing and the determination of the motion on notice , dated and filed on the December 17 , 2019 . ”

Tribunal then adjourned till January for hearing .

He said Federal Government had through the CCB charged the CAC boss with 11 counts of violating “ the provisions of Paragraph 1 , 9 and 11 ( 1 ) ( a ) , ( 2 ) , of the Fifth Schedule, Part 1 and punishable under paragraph 18 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) of the Constitution .

The charges bordered on “ alleged infraction of asset declarations” .

Source:- Punchng.

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