Why I tagged the people who assaulted my boss as “Biafran Boys” – CCT Spokesman

Ibraheem Al-Hassan, the spokesperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has break silence on the controversial statement he released in defence of the Chairman of the CCT, Umar Danladi who allegedly assaulted a security guard at Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja.

Al-Hassan had in the statement released on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, referred to those who allegedly assaulted the CCT Chairman as “Biafran Boys” which led to widespread condemnation on social media.

The CCT spokesman’s statement was in defense of the CCT boss, Danladi, who was caught on camera physically assaulting a security guard at Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja.

Reacting to the social media outburst, the CCT spokesperson, said it was the Chairman of the CCT, Umar Danladi, who instructed him to describe those who assaulted him as “Biafran boys”.

“All the grammatical errors and what have you, were not noted. I did not proofread it; I was in the car when I composed it with my android (phone),” Al-Hassan said.

He added that the statement was written under pressure and that he regretted it.

“There has never been an issue with my statements, as I am speaking with you, I am regretting my action,” he said.

“There’s a problem with that statement. In fact, we are about disowning it. We want to retract the content because it was written under intense pressure. I must confess to you, that is why there are many structural imbalances, language structure not being perfect and, again, some of the expressions used. I acted on instruction.”