The President has spent 53 days ignoring documented allegations against the CCT Chairman — a silence now on public record.
TheDigger Intelligence Unit
President Bola Tinubu has taken no known action — public or administrative — on a formal staff petition detailing multiple allegations of gross misconduct against his appointee, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mainasara Umar Kogo, despite receiving the document 53 days ago,TheDiggerNews.com can report.
The confidential March 6, 2026, memo, signed by senior CCT staff and sent directly to the President, lists alleged nepotism, alteration of tribunal rulings, retaining a finance director under EFCC investigation, dual employment, unlawful contract awards, missing files, and breaches of federal character principles.
As of the date of this report, the Presidency has issued no public statement, announced no investigation, or issued any directive to the relevant oversight bodies. Kogo remains in office.
THE APPOINTMENT THAT STARTED IT ALL
The 53-day silence is particularly significant given the circumstances of Kogo’s appointment itself. President Tinubu bypassed the constitutional mandates of the National Judicial Council and the Federal Judicial Service Commission when appointing Kogo as CCT Chairman. That appointment was communicated in a letter dated January 20, 2025, and took effect, per the backdated letter, from November 27, 2024. Senior Advocates of Nigeria widely condemned this as unconstitutional, raising immediate concerns about transparency and constitutional compliance at the time of the appointment.
Having appointed Kogo outside the constitutional process that requires nomination by the Federal Judicial Service Commission and recommendation by the National Judicial Council, Tinubu is the primary accountability authority for the Chairman’s conduct. The constitutional irregularity of the appointment does not diminish — it amplifies — the President’s responsibility to act on documented allegations against his own appointee.
THE INSTITUTION AT STAKE
The CCT is not an ordinary federal agency. It is the institution that prosecuted former Senate President Bukola Saraki. Its mandate is the enforcement of Nigeria’s Code of Conduct on public officers — the same Code of Conduct embedded in the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution that governs the conduct of every public officer in Nigeria, including the President himself.
A presidency that receives such allegations against this institution’s head and remains inactive for 53 days is exhibiting a notable lack of administrative response.
THE PATTERN OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT
The confidential memo details a pattern of conduct that CCT staff describe as fundamentally incompatible with the office of the head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption tribunal:
Kogo allegedly altered and modified decisions agreed upon by the three-man panel during open court proceedings, with additional insertions made after proceedings, allegedly due to ex parte communications between his aides and defendants with vested legal interests in cases.
He is accused of employing close relatives—including his wife and siblings—at the tribunal, and later backdating his wife’s resignation approval, which staff call forgery.
Further allegations include retaining a finance director under EFCC investigation, awarding contracts unilaterally, and overseeing the disappearance of critical tribunal files.
He allegedly breached federal character principles by filling over 85 per cent of staff positions with persons from his region, and allegedly stated openly that no person from his region would be sanctioned during his tenure, either administratively or in court.
53 DAYS — AND COUNTING
The arithmetic of inaction is stark. The memo reached the Presidency on March 6, 2026, and today, April 27, 2026, marks 53 days with no official response. During this period:
Kogo has remained in office — and continued to preside over the very tribunal whose mandate he stands accused of violating
THE PRESIDENCIES’ SILENCE ON THE RECORD
The Presidency has not issued any public statement acknowledging the March 6, 2026, memo. No official has spoken about its contents. No administrative action traceable to its receipt has been announced through any government channel.
TheDiggerNews.com is seeking an audience with the Presidency through the Office of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, requesting confirmation of whether the March 6 memo was received, what action, if any, has been taken, and whether the President intends to act on its contents.
That silence from the office of the President on formal, documented allegations is now part of the public record.
EDITORIAL POSITION
This is not a story about whether Kogo is guilty or innocent of the allegations against him. That determination belongs to a proper investigation by the appropriate authorities — the Code of Conduct Bureau, the National Judicial Council, or any body the President chooses to mandate.
This is a story about whether those authorities will ever be asked to act — and about a President who has had 53 days to ask them and has chosen not to.
The Code of Conduct Tribunal exists to hold public officers accountable. If its own chairman cannot be held accountable — by the President who appointed him, by the institution that oversees judicial conduct, or by the bureau whose mandate mirrors the tribunal’s — then the institution’s credibility is not merely damaged.
It is hollow.
TheDiggerNews.com is seeking an audience with the Presidency through the Office of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, CCT Chairman Mainasara Umar Kogo, and the Code of Conduct Bureau. Responses will be published in full upon receipt. This is the second in a continuing series of exclusive investigations by TheDiggerNews.com into the Code of Conduct Tribunal under Chairman Mainasara Umar Kogo.
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