Abuja Mob Chanted Secessionist Slogans Before Attacking Me – CCT Chairman

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Sunday, April 4th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, says the mob that attacked him in Abuja chanted “secessionist and sectional slogan”.

Umar stated that the assault saga involving him at a popular plaza in Abuja made him traumatized and disappointed.

The CCT chairman was seen in a viral video hitting a security man who according to reports was not parked in the right space at a popular plaza in Abuja.

Reacting, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, stated that the guard was rude but could not provide a valid explanation why Umar should not park in the said space.

However, in an interview , 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.”

However, the viral video showed that Umar and someone identified as his driver attacked and kicked the security guard violently.

Below is the video incase you missed it.