The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition has, for the third time, summoned the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr Danladi Umar.
The development followed the failure of the CCT judge to address the panel on the two occasions he was invited and the subsequent withdrawal of the petitioner from the case.
The judge was invited by the Senate panel over a case of alleged assault on Clement Sagwak, 22, an employee of Jul Reliable Guards Services Limited.
Sagwak had, through his counsel, Timzing Ramnap, petitioned the Senate, while the Senator representing Plateau North, Istifanus Gyang, laid the petition before the Senate on April 29, 2021.
The petitioner alleged that he was assaulted by Umar and the policeman attached to the judge after he informed him (Umar) that his car was not properly parked in front of a shop at Banex Plaza in Wuse 2, Abuja, on March 30.
He said the CCT boss slapped him several times and forced him to kneel in public.
Investigation by our correspondent on Thursday revealed that the petitioner, through his lawyers, communicated to the Senate panel his intention to withdraw the petition.
